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7o  the  GEI^'TLEM4N,'  who  exprepd  hh  defiri, 
that  fome  Account  might  he  given  of  the  know- 
ledge,  which  the  Ancients  bad,  concerning 
America. 

SIR, 

THE  laft  Time  You  favoured  mc  with  a  Vi- 
fit  at  my  Houfe,  Yoa  modeftly  difcovercd 
an  Inclination  and  expreffed  a  Defirc  { I  fuppofe 
from  fome  Specimens,  which  I  might  give  of 
fome  fmall  Acquaintance  with  Antiquity  $  that  I 
would  fhfw,  ivBHhertbe  Anqlfnts  b^d  any  knotffi- 
kdge  of  America,  .an4  Imio  tbi^  might  c^e  t»  an 
Acquaintance  with  it. 

Now,  in  Compliance  with  your  D^fire,  and  to 
gratify  your  Q^rvifitf  y  I.  Iw^vft  employed  myfelf 
fdr  a  few  Hours  In  coKeAbg,  an|I  putting  toge- 
ther, fuch  Teftimonies*  both  facred  and  profane, 
,as  will  render  it  moft  highly  probable,  it  not  cer- 
tain, thjrt  Amerfc^mvfy  be  kpovfn^iiefofe  pc  n\n- 
'dern  Difqoveri|i  qf  it^  ^d  «veii  in  vcfy'^iiinciinl 
nines. 

If  this  Effay  fhould  prove  grateful  and  fatisfac- 
tory  to  You,  and  afford  Improvement  and  Plea- 
fure  to  any  of  Your  more  knowing  and  learned^ 
and  hence  more  candid,  Friends  and  Acquaint- 
atice ;  i  ihtl^  not  be  forry  for  my  Care  and  La- 
bour in  compiling  it.  ' 

I  wiA  You,  Sir,  continual  Advances  in  Know-* 
ledge.  Virtue,  Piety  and  Ufcfulncfe  >  and  am. 

Tour  rejpeg}fiil  Friend,    * 

and  moft  obedimti  bumble  SeroanU 

Boft.  N.  E.  Dec.  3 1. 1772^  S.  MATHER,^ 


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ATTEMPT  TO  SHEW, 

That  AMERICA  most  be  Known  to  the 
ANCIENTS} 

Af  ADE  ATTHBRBgjrB8T,ANDTOGRATIFrTHBCURI0aiTY,Or 

AnInquisitiveGentleIman; 

TOWHICHISADDED 

An    APPENDIX, 

Concerning  the  AMERICAN  COLONIESj 

A    «   D       ■  O   HI    B 

MODERN  MANAGEMENTSaoainst 

them.      ;    , 

,      t    • 
•  •• 

ByanAMERICANENGLlSHMAN, 

Pastor  oy  a  Chvrck  in  BC^TON,  NEW-ENGLAND. 

By.    SAlAueiMAfiicy.  BD. 

Nefcio  quoinodo  p]crique  errare  tnalunt  ;  Eamque  Sententiam^ 
(|tuni  adamaverunt,  pugnaciflim^  defendere,  qu^m  fine  Pertinacia, 
quid  conftantitrime  dicaturt  exqutrere. 

Cics&ON.  Ac*4fmie.  ^,eft.  lib.  z, 

Sed  nee  preteritis  hxc  res  incognita  Seclij. 

Ct KVDi  AS.  De  Bella  Getico^ 

|<)ihil  tam  difficile  quin  quserendo  inveftigari  poHit. 

TitLBKi.  in  Heautov.  Aff^.  Seeiif  i. 

y    BOSTON  NEfT^ENG LAND: 
frintedby  J.  Knebland,  in  Milk-Street«  for  T.  liKVumt* 
aftd  HJ|Cn  ox^onjhiR,,         j^v,«fCc 


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An  Attempt  to  ftiew.  That  the 
Jncients  muft  have  the  Know- 
ledge of  the  Wefiern  World^ 
or  America^ 


IT  !s  well  known,  that,  in  the  Year  of  our  Lord 
1493,  Cbriftipbtr  Columhit,  of  Genea^  difcovered 
the  lOanda  oi  HifpauitUit  Cuba  and  Jamaica  \  and 
that  Amtricus  Vefputius  of  fhriaee,  under  th« 
DireAion  and  Encouragement  of  Emanutlt  King  of 
Pcr/ugalt  in  the  Year  1497*  difcovered  the  Continent 
of  jtmtrica,  which  has  been  fo  called  from  that  Timt 
after  his  Name. 

Now  many  have  imagined,  and  even  fome  of  the 
liearned  among  them»  that  this  Wiftem  IVorli  was 
never  known  before  thefe  Difcoveties  of  the  Gtnoilt 
and  FlartiUini  Commanders.— Thus  the  learned  Pan- 
tiroll  in  particular  fees  fit  to  reckon  the  New  H^wld^ 
or  Americat  among  the  Thingp,  which  were  uKkxovm 
ta  the  Andeots.  (a) 

Amerkus  Vefputiut  too,  in  his  Epiftle  to  Rmatus, 
King  of  Jtrufalm  and  Skihf„  and  Duke  of  Lorram  and 
Bane,  writes,  as  follows,  f^e  beUeve,  that,  as  eur 
Aneefiersmake  no  mention  0/  tbeljlands  and  firm  Landf 
§f  America  ;  /a  the  Ancients  themfelves  bad  n§  hum" 
ledge  ef  tbem.^^And  the  Publilher  of  this  Epiftl^  to- 
gjECher  with  a  Number  of  Tra^  wrote  by  andene 

f*J  PaaciioUoi,  Da  Novo  Orb*.   Ub.  a.  Tit,  1. 


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Vbyagcn,  Siba/liM  Mun/ler,  obferves,  that  CM/hphtp 
Ctlumbus  and  Alberieus  [for  fo  he  writes  it]  Vejpuiiui 
were  the  firft  of  Mortals,  who  found  out  America^  and 
other  unkrtown  Landii 

However,  the  teamed  Keckerman,  having  well  con- 
lidered,  whether  Amerka  was  known  to  the  Ancients 
or  no,  and  weighed  the  mod  probable  Arguments  on 
both  Sides  of  this  Q<je(linn,  has  plainly  given  his  Judg- 
ment in  Favour  of  i/'j  bting  known  to  them. 

But,  if  this  Matter  be  examined  with  Judgment,  and 
with  proper  Care  and  Accuracy,  we  fliall  find  Reafon 
to  believe,  that  this  large  Psrt  of  the  U^orld  was  realh 
ki$own  to  the  Ancients ;  and  perhaps  we  Ihall  lc«  muoi 
more  Reafon  to  beKeve  it,  than  moft  Men  imagine, 
and  eVen  many  of  the  Learned  thetnfelves  can  pro- 
duce in  oppofitioii  tt  it. 

We  (hall  take  Leav«  to  relate  here  t  chough  w# 
fiiaU  not  lay  any  great  Strefs  on  the  Relation,  tis  it  maf 
be  called  a  too  modern  one  t  That,  in  the  Reig^  of 
Henry  the  Second^  and  in  the  Year  1 170,  which  was 
|00  Yean  before  Coiumbus^  Onie  hiattoe  apOwen. 
Cwinetbf  not  only  difcovered  Soutb  Ameriea^  but  fet- 
tled in  fome  Part  of  Mexico,  and  left  Monuments  tbert 
both  of  the  Sritijb  Language  and  Bririjh  V/ages  :  Of 
which  tbe  Spaidards  have  taken  Notice  »  and  fev^at 
tFelfii  Writers,  and  other  Britijb  AiiihorS  befides,  have 
credited  and  confirmed  the  Relation.— How  this  boneft 
Madof  came  to  take  k  into  bis  Head  to  vifit  South 
Amerifdi  we  know  not.  However  we  think  it  not  ir* 
rational  to  fuppofc,  that,  previbufly  to  his  going  tb^^y 
he  might  have  had  fome  Accouat  of  the  Couotry« 
tod  the  Way  of  gettiojs  at  it. 

There  it  nlfo  another  ftill  tsitkt  mbdei^h  Aceodfit; 
than  thfet  of  faoiieft  ifibi^^s,  tbncembg  the  Difeoveif' 
pf  Amtfrtcn  I  whjch,  although  it  be  a  tittle  more  mo- 


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def n.  It  majr  not  be  amifs  to  oflFer.  This  may  be  foon^ 
inOrtttiiu't  Ttbtatrt^  as  follows  :  TbtNtr^bern  Part  rf 
the  New  World,  wbicb  is  tfptciatty  txttndid  towards 
Europe,  Groenland,  Ifcland  and  Friefland  i  and  it 
named  Eftotiland  />y  fome  Fi/bermtn  cf  tbi  j/la»d  «/ 
Friedand,  wba  wtrt  driven  by  a  Tempefi  to  tbtfi 
Sberes  :  7 bis,  being  of  old  viewed  and  obferved,  about 
ibis  lear^  that  is  tb«  Tear  vf  our  LORD  1340,  Nic- 
olas and  Antony  Zenus,  Brttbrtn,  noMi  VenecianSt 
under  tbe  Aufpicet  «/Zichmi,  ealUd  King  0/ Friefland, 
again  recognized  and  brongbt  to  Knowlidge.  And  Jobtt 
Skoluo,  a  Folonian,  in  1456,  failed  to  this  Country. 
If  any  fliould  aflc,  what  Place  this  Efiotiiand  is  P  I  can 
only  anfwer,  that  fome  Geographers  take  it  to  be  NeW' 
foundland,  or  Cape  Breton  :  But  others  think  it  to  be 
Ifew  BritaiUt  and  the  Land  of  Labrador.  However 
it  is  agreed  by  all,  that  it  was  •  Part  of  America, 

But,  inftcad  of  taking  up  Time  about  thefe  or  any 
more  modern  Relation^  we  iball  go  back  to  more 
aneient  Times  and  Tbings,  which  have  Relation  to  tbis 
mjkr^  fForld. 

vlt  is  lamarked  by  a  learned  Spanifh  Writer,  Villal' 
pawduSt  that  bis  FeUow-Ciiizen  ot  Conbtba,  L*  Ann^u 
Sems0»  who  was  Nephew  to  that  famous  Seneca^  the 
Tutor  frf  the  Brute  Nero  t  wbeu  tbe  Form  of  tbe 
World  did  not  yet  appear  /#  be  knowut  yet  foretold^  tbat 
emtbm^  fVorldflaouk  be  found  out :  (b)  It  n  true  tbia 
i,.  Amiious  Seuefat  in  one  of  Ms  Dramatic  Pieces,  fays, 
that  in  late  Team  Ages  fbaH  coma,  in  wbicb  Ocean  fbalt 
loofe  tbe  Bonds  ofJbings^  and  tbe  migbty  Eartb/ballbi 
laid  open,  and  Tli^pli^  Ibali  Mftover  new  Worlds,  (c) 

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htfmfU  siutbtr  IVftd  /htutd  ht  ftmnd  m/  i  we 
need  noc  be  (o  unreifonablf  creduloui  at  Co  believe* 
chat,  when  he  wrote  in  fhia  Manner,  he  waa  injfirU 
with  tbi  Spirit  §f  Prcpbecy  ;  No  I  For  nothing  of 
thia  Sort  apoeari.  It  ia  much  more  lilceljr,  that,  either 
from  fome  raincApprehenfion  of  the  StruAure  of  the 
Ttrraquenu  GMt^  or  from  fome  trtHtianal  yfeecunls 
9ft be  Grtatntft  of  tbi  Sdrtb,  and  of  anHbtr  fVtrli 
befidei  their  old  one,  he  might  write  after  thia  /tmpi- 
ingfy  Propbitieal  Manner.— But,  if  any  think,  that 
what  he  has  thua  written  (hould  be  taken  onlf  for 
PMtieai  Fiai§n,  or  fanciful  Prophecy,  we  fliall  be  coo* 
tented  :  For  we  do  noc  build  much  upon  it* 

But  there  is  an  Hiftorical  PaflTase  handed  to  na  by 
Pmponius  Mela,  who  lived  in  the  Emperour  CAie- 
dius'%  Time,  about  the  Year  of  our  Lord  93  1  which. 
at  it  ii  remarkable,  ia  deferving  both  of  a  particular 
Recital  and  an  attentire  Conuderation  :  It  ia  as  fol- 
lows t— When  MtttUus  Olir,  who  by  the  Way  waft 
called  Celer  for  his  Quicknefs  in  preparing  to  celebrate 
the  Funeral  Ohfequiet  of  hia  Father,  waa  Protenjul  a- 
mong  tbe  Gauls,  he  received  as  a  Prefent  certain  /»- 
elians  (d)  from  the  King  of  the  Smviaiu  i  who,  being 
foatched  away  by  the  Force  of  Storms  from  tbe  Indian 
Sborest  at  lengtb  tame  out  to  the  Shores  of  Germany,'^ 
Thete  are  the  Words  of  the  Hiftorian  :  And  thia 
Hiftory,  as  Vadianus  the  Commentator  on  PompeniM 
obferves,  fairly  indicates, *tbat  tbere  is  a  Sea  wbich 
may  be  navigated  in  tbe  moft  difiant  traBs,{e) 

■  Now,  from  this  Hiftoticat  Account,  it  (ceni  prob^ 
blc,  that  thefe  Indians  might  be  carried  away  from  the 
Coaft  of  Neafaundlaml,  or  Labrador,  or  fome  other 
PUce  to  the  Morthwaid»  by  a  violent  Gale  of  Wnd 
of  tong  Continuance  with  them,  until  at  length  thejr 

arriyc^ 

(J)  Pmpnr.  MiU.  Lib.  1. 

(tj  FmHm,    Nouii^/M^.p.  ||) 


-  J|iH«»iWJW>n>i  . 


•ffirmi^ClHll 
mj  tut  t  we 
Cobeiieve» 
WM  h/pired 
noching  of 
that,  either 
udure  of  the 
nal  Aeetunts 
fUtbtrWtrU 
er  this  /tmh 
'  think,  that 
ten  onlf  for 
I  fliall  be  con- 
nit* 

ded  to  iM  bf 
nperour  CAie- 
I  93  t  which, 
f  a  particttlar 
3  It  if  u  fol* 
the  Way  was 
ig  to  celebrate 
I  Pr9€9njul%' 
nc  ttrtaiuln^ 
I  who,  being 
om  tbt  Indian 
of  Gtmuurf,"-* 
in  :  And  ihia 
on  Ptmptnins 
s  Sia  wUtk 

feemiprobH 
tway  from  the 
r  Mine  other 
hie  of  Wind 
t  koffh  they 
arriveo 


[  >  1 

irrived  on  tbtCirman  Ctdfi,  and  got  a  Shore  ihere.-^ 
And  Che  coming  of  thefe  Indians  might  very  well  con- 
vince and  fatiine  both  the  King  of  tbt  Sutviaw*  with 
his  People  \  and  the  Rtman  Proeonjul^  and  from  him 
the  voboU  Roman  Empirtt  that  there  was  snotbtr 
iVorld,  befides  Jbat  Inhabited  by  themfeltres. 

There  was  alfo  in  moft  ancient  TtmeS  repeated 
Mention  mtde  of  two  Iflands  Called  AtUntidts^  which 
weta  faid  to  hate  been  about  lo.ooo  Stadia  diftanc 
from  Ubyu  :  Tbtri  mttt  tbt  Ehffian  Fields  and  tbi 
Dwil/ingi  ef  tbeBliffed,  mentioned  by  Homtr^  Htracu 
and  other  Poets.  I  hefe  lOands  feem  to  be  called  by 
PUwf  the  He/piHdts  :  For  he  reckons  two  in  the  jlt- 
Untie  Sea  :  and  tbejtt  as  he  fays,  beyond  tbe  Gorgens 
in  a  Navigation  for  40  Days  beyond  tbt  Atlantis.'^ 
Now  the  learned  Geographer  OrteHus  fuppofes  it  pro- 
bable, that  tbi  ft  might  be  the  Iflands  of  Hifpaniola  and 
ta^A— But  Diedtrns  Sienins  tells  us,  that  tbt  Atlan^ 
tidtSt  or  the  Ptople  of  thofe  Iflands,  as  we  bavt  rt^ 
ctivedt  dr4  inbabitinj^  Piaets  near  to  tbt  Oitan^  and 
iftry  bappy  indted.  (f)  And  in  Troth,  if  we  fuppofe^ ' 
with  Or/tliuSt  thefs  Iflands  to  be  the  fame  with  Hifpa-> 
Hitla  and  Cuba,  they  mud  be  ntar  tbt  Ocean  indeedy 
as  Diedtrnt  fays  :  For  they  are  furrounded  with  it. 

But  Plato,  who  lived  about  40O  Years  before  our 
Saviour's  Time,  has  given  us  the  moft  parifcular  and " 
tuH  Account  of  tbt  Atldntie  IJland,  as  it  Is  called  hf 
him,'  in  one  and  another  of*  bis  Compofitions  i  And 
we  fhall  endeavour,  in  td  clear  and  condfe  a  Mancer 
as  we  can,  to  give  his  Account  from  the  Edition  of 
his  Works  puDliflitd  by  Serranks.^\n  one  of  his  Di- 
alogues, he  fays,  that  Ntptnnt  had  by  Loc  tbi  At* 
lantie  jfiand,  and  placed  the  Children  he  had  by  i 
mortal  Woman  in  a  certun  Place  of  that  Ifland.— -Ic 
receif  ed^  he  fiiyi,  iu  Naone  from  its  firf^  King  and 

0  DMn^,  SM.  Da  fabtldS«  Aatf^oeraaS  grittl.  f,  s6i, 


-WnWiiWWtfiM** 


m4 


m. 


ii 


my 


£   lo   ] 

t*ord,  e«ea  fraiti  Jiias  %  and  further  «dds,  that  thd 
extreme  Fart  of  this  (/Utuk  n hkh  be  had  for  his  Loti 
was  at  HtrtuUs*%  PUlars.ig)-^ Aa^^  in  another  of  h'u 
Writings,  (g)  the  following  Paffages  taty  be  found  a 
In  thofe  firft  Times  tbe  AtUHik  tlfss  a  Hofi  iroad 
fffand  I  tad  tJaae  wett  txuQS  mpft  ppwerful  Kings 
in  it  i  whO|  with  joint  Forces,  appointed  to  occupy 
4/Im  and  Enr^i  i  And  To  a  moft  grkvous  War  was 
carried  on  :  In  HiYkh  iii  Atkei^m%  with  the  commoit 
Confent  nX  tbe  Gneitt  oj^poCed  themfelves  t  and  thejr 
became  tbe  Coa<|tteron.— But  that  jftiaiUk  J/taitd  bf 
a  Flood  and  Earthquake  was  indeed  fuddenly  deftroy* 
ed  I  and  fo  that  Sort  of  warlike  Men  was  ahforped. 
N.  B.  Thefe  Things  feem  !•  be  related  with  Hifloricitf 
Truth.— And  he  writes  further  jpidtdf  and  eKpteQy, 
chat  Tist  AtUuUU  J^lmid,  Mm  m  Tnlib  vtiitwbilmi 
mtb  tbi  ff^MHt  tf  4be  8ta,  alfege$b»r  difafptsnd  i 
And  buM  fbgt  Sea  is  Mffifnii  to  be  faffed  \  iwafmeb 
MS  eepivm  Cl4^  yet  nmmHtd  fttm  4be  ROifuis  §f  that 
Ifland.— Moreovei,  he  fays*  <hat— m^mn^,  in  ^t 
MsutboftbeSea^andin  tbe  Paff^e  ta  tbefe  Strtiits 
aUled  the  Piikrs  «/ Hercules,  didexifi  i  sMd  tbat  (fiawd 
vfs^  greater  and  larger  tban  Lybia  and  Afia  %  frem 
effbicb  tbere  was  an  ta/y  Paffage  vo&  te  ethtr yiandsj^ 
andfrm  tbefiyiands  aifo  to  that  Contineat,  rdbicb  is 
JStuated  out  of  tbat  Rfgioni^c. 

Now  Piato  is  not  fingular  in  thn  Karration  i  For 
both  Strakoib)  and  Ptiay  {i)  hate  mencianed  this 
jltiantic  Jfiand  %  and  lay,  that  it  was  m/,  aid  in  tk^ 
Atlantic  Seai 

But  aa  Plato  bjs,  chat  this  greatefi  Iftatd  of  tbf 
Western  Oe^wu  loft  »  ids  probably  co,-ij<9ftut^, 
that  it  was  fituated-betweea  ibe  Azores  and  Canarioft 


f*yittmb$.  Lib.  2. 

(if  fan,  l»,  u  G^*  SU   . 


mH^emr" 


MMMMflMfelhrt«H>MMI 


9dds,  that  tba 
had  for  tus  Lot^ 

aaocher  of  his 
nay  be  found  i 
a  nto$  kroad 
ppwerful  Kings 
nted  CO  occupy 
evotti  War  was 
ith  the  commoit 
(Ives  I  and  chef 
kiuk  IfitHi  bf 
iddenly  deftroy^ 

was  afaforped. 

withHiftoffical 
r  and  esFMvfly, 
^th  MetwMmtd 
difapptMnd  i 
tffti  \  iwafmtch 
RtUgues  •/  that 
t  JflMdt  in  ^t 
S9  iJnft  Strgits 
\  snd  that  Ifiand 
and  Afia  \  frtm 
$9  •ther^fiandsj^ 
unem,  xttbicb  it 


Karratton  i  For 
inentbned  this 
u  «/.  »ld  in  tbi 

tH  Iftand  tf  tbt 
]|y  coiijtf^itd, 
ts.  andC(m§rk»t 


"V*r*?TTT7*'-'5^?*^.'*T.  "^'^'T 


■  mil  ■  rf  11^  >««'■>- 


^  they  are  called  i  And,  that  fhift  were  IbnnM,  anif 
icrosin,  out  of  the  ReHques  of  it,  BemM  thought  i 
and  he  believed,  as  ht  fays,  that  it  might  be  lengthily 
idemonftrated.  ^k) 

Hognum  has  truly  obferved,  that  the  AlUniis  of 
Pia(9  is  CO  many  jlmtrit» ;  A|kI  the  learned  Baehdri  (/> 
topeara  to  have  bten  of  the  lame  Mind.  And  indeed* 
if  this  IQand  was  larger  than  Uhf^  ^  4fi^  **  ^^^ 
1^  acqoaidted  us,  itiooks  as  if  it  wet«  really  Jmerica^ 
isr  reaching  fi>  fiar  u  to  be  clbfdy  conneacd  with  it. 

There  ieeas  alfo  Rcafen  to  think,  thai  there  muft 
have  been  ui  anctest  Times  fotpe  Knowlege  of  the 
4mritan  Regions :  Becaufe  we  have  credible  Accouniv 
•r  the  PaOsge*  of  VeOels  through  thi  Jthmlk  Qtu9 
both  oae  Way  and  the  other.;— We  fhall  not  infift 
00  P9mfntt$f  MeW%  Acootunc  tif  one  En4tiinu%  wha 
iays. «»  I**  D«yi'  •/  owf  Gnuu^atbers,  [and,  as  w 
noted  before,  he  lived  in  the  Time  of  the  Emperor 
CUmdiini\iafMbtM  from  tbiKHig  «/  AU^tanM^ 
Istyrns,  bf  wtnifmb  Jrm  tb*  Arabic  Gulph  tbi^ 
$^3  £M,as  Nipfs  affirom  Gadit  nfom  pirvtBus  tfi^ 
«nd  wasearriedeveiitt>^Ca^|.(l*)    Nor (hsU we urgk 
the  ProfaabHUT'ef  it,  that  he  tsight  kc,  if  not  ih« 
jffufitan  <mmKf  •<  leift  ibme  of  th  Ifia^  ^, 
longing  to  Weftern  Work). 

But  we  ooghe  to  uke  feme  refpeftful  Notice  of 
Um^  the  ftmoiia  Qatba^ti^^  who  wrote  Pmplimx 
in  which  we  have  a  Rehition  of  the  Voyage  profecu- 
ted  by  htm  voood  the  Coaft  of  Jlfrif^  and  the  Lands 
found  by  Mqi  in  the  Atl^i^Octan ;  this  Relanon  wn 
written  by  him  in  the  Pme^  or  PA^iVian,  Tongue  \. 
Botit  wasafterwarils  tranflated  into  Gr^A.  «od  it  is 
ipitl  dCaWt  u  U»fim  fives  «i  19  vodcilUnd  in  hit 

>  (h)  BitmM. !«».  laW.  c  j. 
(mj  ff^ifm  «Ws.  wh.  }•  f-  iyi,«»M«toi#yi*a«iv 


'4 


I 


[  «*  ] 

Lexicon  at  the  Word  ifir«0«.— It  hai  not  be^a  the  Lo| 
of  thfs  prefenc  Writer  to  meet  wiih  this  Feriplunn  yet  | 
and  therefore  jie  can  make  none  of  his  own  Obferva- 
tions  upon  it.<— But  Cfslius  Rbediginus  has  given  U| 
this  more  exprefs  and  particular  Information  of  th« 
Certbaginiaa's  Voyage;  (hat  ^Ntfrn^,  («)  departiog 
from  Herculeft  Pillars^  that  is,  from  the  Streights  m 
Qihaltar,  Into  the  Ocean,  leaving  JJiya  to  the  left, 
jailed  out  ^o  Vayj^  feeking  tbt  fVtftfrn  Parts  :  Bifi 
(Ltiertoards^  turmtig  to  tbe  South,  be  met  with  mttnf 
Jmpedimentf.—fiovt  if  Hanno^  leavingZi^i?,  or  yifrica^ 
to  tbe  left,  failed  Jeeking  for  30  Djjjr/  thefVefteru  Parts  | 
ir  is  moft  probable,  that  he  found'  fome  of  the  American 
jfiands,  if  not  fome  Pare  of  the  JVeftern  Continent  xi" 
feif.  Columbus,  as  appears  from  bis  own  Account; 
iaiied  with  his  Squadi'on  but  tbirty  Days  to  the  Wefl^ 
when  he  beheld  f^/tffM  ^di^i  :  And,  coming  nearer 
to  them,  he  found  the  Number  of  them  ioht  ^tty 
whereof /«;0  were  larger  ones  :  But  /tmerieus,  after 
vfailing  mneteeH  Days  from  the  Cape  de  Verd  Iflands, 
found  a  certain  hew  Land,  which  he  ttiought  to  be 
firm  :  But  it  proved  an  Jfiand.  But  we  niay  add,  to 
this  Account  of  ^<2M0,  the  Teftimony  of  Diodtru^ 
Siculus,  who  lets  us  know,  that  (ertain  J^bfaiciaHs  werf 
taft  OH  a  mofi  fertile  I/land  oppoCite  t6^sca  :— We 
A>ay  note  here,  that,  if  it  was  oppofit^o  4f^i(a,  ic 
muft  be  an  American  JJlaHd.r-^^aA  he  further  fells  us, 
that  the  PbdMcians  left  no  Stone  unturned,  that  tbi^ 
Region  migbf  remain  unknown  to  tie  Europeans.  (^} 
iH^re  theretore  we  ifee  one  Reafon,  why  tbe  fFeftern 
H^crtdwn  kept  (ecrec  froin  i^i  Europeans  by  the 
Pbtenicians  t  ll  was  Regard  to  their  ownConmer^t 
and  Interejiy  thittlrd  them  without  Doubt  to  conceal 
the  new  Haces,  at.  which  the]f  tradeo. 

Moreover  )  mt  may  recite  from  y£/f4«,  who  lived 
and  wrote  after  the  Emperor  Adrian*s  Time,  aboi^t 

'■'the 

(«)  Cal.  RMigini  Le6litnet  aAtiqaB. 


le 


be^n  the  Lo| 

Ifripluai  yet  | 

9wa  Obferva- 

has  given   U| 

matioQ  oftht 

[«)  deparnog 

Streightt  <H 

to  the  left. 

Parts:  Bifi 

tet  witb  manf 

Ih^t  w Africa^ 

f^ejffm  Part  J  ^ 

F  the  AmericoH 

I  Continent  it- 

»wn  Account; 

f/ff  thiWeJt^ 

Mining  nearer 

fm  to  be  /v  ^ 

Imericus^  after 

^'^rri  Iflands, 

ihought  to  be 

e  m%y  add,  to 

r  of  Diodoru^ 

bfenieiMs  werf 

Africa  ;— We 

no  4^r/#4,  It 

'unher'.feli8  us, 

led,  that,  thi^ 

Europeans.  (t(^ 

IT  the  fFefimt 

oceans  by  the 

own  Commerct 

jbc  to  conceal 


f«A,  who  lived 

;  Time,  aboi^c 

ihe 


■*i 


[     >3    ] 

\ht  Year  of  our  Lord  136,  the  Account,  which  he 
gives  of  a  Colloquy  between  Midas  of  Pbrygia  and 
Siltnus :  In  which  Colloquy,  arnong  other  Things, 
Silenus  ga»e  Information  to  Midas\  that  Eitroftt  Afim 
and  Libya  are  Iflands,  and  furrounded  with  the  Ocean  & 
and  that  ont  Continent  exifts  without  this  florid )  and 
be  afHrmed,  that  its  Magnitude  was  immenfe  and  in- 
finite,  (p)  Now  if  this  one  Continent  exiftiog  away 
from  the  old  World,  and  of  fuch  ^li  immenfe  and  infi^ 
pife  Magnitude^  was  not  intended  ai^d  mfcaoc  of  this 
mfiern  fi^orld  i  we  ihould  be  giad,  that  any  one  would 
be  fo  kind  as  to  let  us  know,  what  Place  or  Country 
is  intenjded  and  meaa^  by  it. 

We  have  thus  produced  dutborities,  and  offered 
fiiafoHs  fufficient  to  render  it  mbft  highly  probable, 
that  thisWeJiern  World  muff  he  known  to  the  Anciently 

But  here  it  may  be  demanded,  if  this  CondiuSat  WM 
k;lown  in  ancient  Timet,  was  it  inhabited  in  thofe 
Times }  and  w^ra  wasitfirn  inhaHtedt  and  hj  vbomP 
And  we  (hall  endeavour  to  give  fome  fuitable  AnCwer 
|o  the  proper  Enquiries, 

Noif  it  oughi  in  ^11  Jleafon  to  be  thought,  thjic,  M 
America,,  upon  the  more  molern  Difcoverics  of  it  «ii4 
Acquaintance  with  it,  was  found  to  be  well  peopled, 
and  even  floeked  with  Inhabitants,  probably  as  much 
#s  Afia^  Africa  and  Earopt  i  furely  it  mult  haVe  been 
inhabited,  not  merely  above/v«  hundredycvn  but a- 
bove  one,  two,  three  and  oven  four  thonfnd years  ago^ 
And  indeed  it  was  probably  inhabiied  not  long  a^t«r 
ihe  Difperfion  of  theft  nnmore^  Famlies,  who  were  fe- 
parated  inCoafequeace  of  the  unhappy  Affair  at  Babelf 

The  learned  Crotins  conceived,  that  t^e  jfymieanM 
(dime  out  of  EuropOt  palling  from  Nervoeo  into  Iceland  | 
cbeoce  by  Brielland  into  Greenland  5  and  (6  into  ESfo- 

tiland^ 

(>;  ^A'M.  Vjudar.  Hifteriar.  Lib;  3.  Caf.  83 


•  « 


■•^  I 


'If 


I    H    1 

$ikMdt  mhki  \t  probibly  a  P«rt  oF  the  fFeaim  Cont^ 
pmi.  {fX  And  we  moft  ackne»iege«  that  the  pafljng 
out  of  Muroft  into  jimerua  bf  this  Houtte  is  poffible 
sind  not  umietural :  However  it  does  oot  «ppnr  lb 
fiMy,  that  4iii«rica  was,  firft  pf  d^  fettled  in  thii 
Itfaoner; 

But  we  are  rather  moft  incfiocd  to  think»  tiut  tht 
ffimtaj  AmtrieMis  were  the  Defceodants  of  Magog 
trom  Japbet.  And,  wheo  we  fay  the  friifwy  Amm- 
f0»s,  we  mean  afitr  the  Fhed :  For  there  is  Rrf  fon 
to  believe,  that  the  People,  whareOded  iatbe^#ji«ni 
0^frU,  as  well  as  the  other  Continent,  were  fwept  a- 
way  from  the  Face  of  tKeBaith  t  becaoie  «//  FUJb 
Mi»rmfti4  t!mr  nr^.  Both  j^pfipk  /leas  and 
A»t9ity  HiTfers  acquaint  U9,  that  they  foMod  ibk  Mh 
mio^  *f»*  FioM  pteftrved  tmoogihe  lidians  of 
Ma  and  Meeboatban  and  Nicaragua  :  And  Coraca 
•fill  M,  that,  among  tb9  ftmvUmf^  there  w«  a  Tra- 
dMoA,  that  aU  tbtir  Lan^  wn  phagtd  mi  iaid  bU 
fatbiWattrs^^MxAH^  n^fkakenot,  ail  the  EvW 
deaota  in  tbt  nataral  JVoflit  which  arc  commoiify 
brought  on  the  other  Side  of  the  Water  to  prove^hc 
^enpral  Imtudatint  over  that  Continent,  may  be  fairly 
^oduoed  to  prove  the  genera!  Frevafeaa  of  it  ovf r 
miComineot. 

*''','  ■  .  ■ 

Bat,  as  wii  we  iiow  ircMing  of  the  piimary  MaU- 
ffMMf  if  Amniem  after  the  Flood  1  fo  we  fsy,  thai 
Tb^  appear  «o  have  defcendcd  from  Japbtu  Ai 
6oi>,  de  EkMiM,  as  it  b  in  the  Mivw  Te»,  f.«.  the 
^h^ftmming  Omst  w  ^«  fnttfffii^s  by  Oatb,  had  pro* 
inifed  lo.^iafgi  fffbtt^^  in  wbieh  Fromife  tbeie  iira 

SKho  AUuAob  to  ^la^NaoM,  as  Indeed  there  la  a  Mif 
;:IluOoa  to  JV0Mr«f  very  frequently  to  be  found  in  the 
lloly  Scriptniesi  jfo  tl&  Promifrwasineft  remarkably 
fulfilled :  For  th^  feR  to  Japbet*t  Shares  not.ooly  all 
l^i^t,  tb  fuH  of  People,  and  4'^«  fhl*fi  a«d  HA^ 


I'jp    ■ 


"SMfmmnn 


WW.i' 


4..  >    tljl  II     i»i  I 


i«t  the  paffing 
itte  is  poffiblt 
lot  appear  fii 
fettled  in  tbii 

link^tiut  th$ 
ntt  of  Mag^ 

here  is  Rrffoff 
«ii\»  fFtJhn 
vere  fwepc  a- 
raufe  «//  FiSr>l 
4f^M  and 
fowKllAiJMW 
he  liditns  df 
:  And  Qaractt 
re  was  a  Tra- 
imiUid 
U  all  the  Ev| 
ii«  commohff 
r  to  prove  ^hc 
may .  be  fairljr 
ice  of  it  Off p 

rMMry  MaU' 
we  fay,  thai 
7tf/*#/.  As 
Ta»»  i.«.  the 
3tfli6,  bad  pro- 
tMfe  tb«fe  ii  a 
there  laa  fiM 
e  found  in  the 
oft  remarkablf 
ire^  not.ooly  aR 

«4 


S^ 


■# 


And  Part  oF  AmmiM  and  l^tfrla  and  ^4»jfc  i  ^  aj<|i 
all  chofe  vtf^  Nortbtrw  Rigia^,  inhabited  «iioe  hy  iSsm 
S<yibians,  whn  defceoded  from  Mv<f«  eoi  of  <beS«il 
of  Japht^  as  he  is  faid  to  be  in  Geo*  k.  ««  And  pror  ' 
bably  tbit  Jf^itltm  U^trUt  and  that  co  a  eonfideraUc 
Degree,  came  to  h'ls  Share  :  For  it  is  moft  likal)^  4bril 
Jbis  was  at  firft  much  peopled  by  tbe^fy'^'^''^  •  ^^*fi» 
originally  itomMag^^  #ece  aftcrwaids  called  TrsfAsri  t 
and  fo  called,  ai  tpne  fuppofei  ixoim  fhe  Naae  «( cte 
tU?er  Ttfr/^  or  t^itat*  ^ 

As  We  find  that  tbe  Eatib  was  dividtd  m  tbe  Hofi 
hf?c\t%  \  fe  we  itadt  in  Gen.  a.  >a,  that  as  dieve%ere 
tbret  SnufSaiiii »  fo ofotpmmm^b^wkok  Mm^ 
toas  ovtrffrtai  or  fcMhr^  Mbr  is  there  any  Reafoa 
to  doubt,  hut  that  tbitf  Scattcriili|4r«  aeeotdufg  to^tbe 
direAiola  of  I99Mk,  and  lvoaB>al>iviqe  Wwrauf  given 
litm  for  thia  purpofe  >  So  then  the  Fofterity  of  Japbitt 
hf  l^tg^icxsM^vagya^M  WilDof^Heavea^taok  (h« 
TDnmacy  Fofieflloo  wihisaMv<^«iU.*  Andii^w^M^ 
jr,  MMr  aoMsioiilyi  wu  J^tt  iifkrgtd  hf  this  wdk 
Ac^uifilkiB? 

But,  after  tbhJirA  di/ptr/!$n  to  tbe  JFifttm  H^orU, 
ive  readily  grant,  chat  there  naight  be  vdrims  Mmmtgk 
to  it  from  various  Nadons  i  ^or lifter  i^  Sty^iimi^ 
fMrtars,  were  fettfed  here  %  the  Nerwtgiaiu  and  ki* 
latidm  might  coo»  i  and  ib  might  iome  of  ihe  StMtn^ 
/hmtkomtbteBtSt, 

But  ibmc  f)cfba|H  may  lay  ibere,  Jiid  it§tifHtniiHbtji 
to  ibis  fifsrati  Wiridf  To  which  we  anfiKr,  that 
there  was  lie  need  at  aU>«faN^  JUMjj^ilifiibrit:  Far  ^ 
k  4i  apprehended  by  mm%}^MiQmkr$bms  ^ats  tf 
Afia  mSUjtiniH  Atneriea^i  ^If  ehw  he  diwidal 
at  alW  k  muft  be  by  a  very  narfow  Ghaanel.  wbkh  may 
be  pi^  over  eafi^  in  Boati trCaaoei  t  mpmafu  at 
k  is  froieo  over  for  ji  ^jnUt,  Ptft  «f  tbe  Tm»  wtf 
9i|hc  hfire  a  giai^  ttam  M'f iMb  Xim  iuj^efl  k 

ffloft 


t    «6    1 

6ioft  prdblble,  thaC  k  wu  by  the  5/rdi//  0/Ah!ari,ih<ie 
tjto  7artars  in  tncient  Timea  pafled  out  of  Afin  miti 
jfmtriea.  But  it  is  beyond  all  doubt,  that,  from  the 
northern  Parts  0}  Europe,  there  might  be  an  eafy  paf- 
fing  to  America  for  at  lead  three  Charters  of  a  Yeair 
on  a  Bridge  of  fubftanCial  Ice. 

Thus  it  looks  as  if  the  Northern  Parts  of  A  mericif 
yitttfirS  of  all  occupied  and  improved  1  and  the  In- 
habitants of  ^heft  might  probably  remove  both  to  the 
^efiward  znd  to  the  South  ward,  asOccafion  required. 

Herrera  fays,  as  quoted  by  Laett  (jf")  thai  the  InhabW 
taoti  of  the  WeSi  Indies  came  hither  hj  Land:  Which 
may  be  true,  if  they  be  fuppofed  to  come  from  the 
Northern  Parts  of  America.  But,  if  he  fuppofed  them 
to  come  directly  from  Europe,  it  will  be  difficult  to 
,make  it  out.  Nor  can  we  find  any  Way  for  This,  but 
by  fuppofiog  the  Atlantic  Land,  which  Plato  reprc- 
fentt  to  be  bigger  than  Afia  and  JJhya  together,  might 
fill  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  even  to  the  American  Iflands^ 
if  not  beyond  them  :  And,  with  this  Allowance,  Hef' 
tera*t  obfervation  might  be  true^ 

Glides  what  has  been. already  obferved  about  the' 
peopling  of  tie  JfTeSf em  JForld,  It  may  be  remarkedylof 
the  prevention  or  removal  of  Miftakes,  that,  u  Strahof 
has  juftly  ooted^.there  arc  many  pUces  which  were  fcr- 
rnerly  Sea,  that  are  now  dry  Land  j  (i)  fo  we  n»ay  juft- 
ly  notealfo,  that  there  lire  now  Seas,  or  Parts  of  Stas, 
Where  weiedr/  Laodsin  former  Trnies.  (/)  Thus  it  has 
been  thou^r  by  coofiderate  and  Judicious  Perfou^ 
that  Great  Britain  was  formerly  united  to  France,  oo^y 
the  Iftand  of  mly  to  Italf.  But  all  know,  that  th^ 
are  not  united  now  :  Fot  there  are  Parti  of  Stu  V" 

■  iwertH  ■■ 

f/r)  Luf.  Defefipl.  Jhurit. 


i 


j)  9frtilf«.  Geograph.  Lib.  1 
\f)  TiS  tg0  futdnnmitm  ft 

iJH  Fr$tOm  :  VIM  JoMu  tit  etfwt  TttrOs 


]Mt»iamfur»t  JSBJiffimm  Ttlht 
m  etfnr*  TttrOs.- 
Ov^d.  M  atasMf  ph.  lib.  15. 


ftS4'"k'.>"«CMW'.',i'')l*T""" 


ut  of  AfiA  intd 

chat,  from  the' 

be  an  eafy  paf- 

ters  of  a  Ye^t' 


*ti  of  Aoiericif 

}  and  the  In- 

ve  both  to  the 

lafion  requirecH. 

that  the  Inhabl- 
Land:  Which 
M>me  from-  the 
fuppofed  ihem 
be  difficult  to 
ly  for  This,  but 
Plato  reprc- 
ogether,  might 
\trican  Ifltnds^ 
ilbwance,  Htf' 


▼ed  about  th^ 
>e  remarked^of 
that,  as  Strakof 
which  were  for- 
(o  we  nnay.  juft* 
ir  Parts  of  Seas, 
(/)  Thus  it  hat 
liciout  Perfou^ 
to  Ftanct^  anf  ^' 
now,  tbatth6)r 
EC  of  SKai  bis- 
tweetti 


TtllM 
rrti. 
■orph*  tib*  I5'» 


t    «7    ] 

K^Mn  them.—And  it  feems  not  at  all  improbable,  thift 
jfmmca  might  formerly  be  conjoined  with  Europi  and 
jtfiot  if  not  to  IndU^  by  vaft  TraAs  of  Lahd  t  which, 
from  the  Prevalence  of  Eirtbtjnakei^  have  f6nk  into 
the  mighty  Abyfi^  And  thus  fias  this  fTegirti  Worli 
been  difunited  and  feparated  from  them.— Nor  is  it  at 
all  improbable,  but  that  the  great  Atlantic  Iftand  of 
Plato  \  whereof  one  extreme  Part  uas  at  HereuU^n 
Pillars,  and  bordering  on  Spain  %  and  the  other  extend- 
ed near  to  the  Ameriean  Continent^  might  in  general 
fink  %  and  the  American  J^ailds,  if  not  thofe  on  the 
Coafl  of  /ffrica,  ri)ight  remain  vui  of  (he  RUinsof  it. 

W.;  have  no  Reaf6n  to  thhlc,  that^  In  an6ierit  Times, 
there  were  iriy  Removed  from  Afrita  to  America :  For 
h  is  faid,  afccording  ip  the  ingenious  Dr.  Greto^  that 
kU  over  America  Here  drt  ilo  Blaeki^  but  oitly  at  ^k^- 
tflM.w-And,  if  indeed  there  are  any  thkrt  %  perhaps 
they  are  not  .originally  from  Africa  }but  ffoni  fomi 
Country  in  China  under  the  Torrid  Zonei  Where  the 
People  are  of  a  Hack  Complexion, 

J  Sojoe  have  thought  and  fuggeflted,  bdt  we  think  !if- 
ludicioufly,  as  Jthn  Lerius  and  others;  that  the  Aiki- 
ricani  wei;e originally  Cawtanitei^  defcended.from  Ham^ 
.  the  Soh  of  Noah  i  and  th6  Defcendantf  of  thofi»;  w6om 
Jbfitlid  drove  from  thiir  Seats  in  Canadk  $.  whd,  being 
conftrained  to  feek  out  new  Regions,  at  length  catAe 
iiod  Hit  down  on  this  Continent. 

Here  we  fhall  rejidily  allow,  that  the  Phinieianit 
who  were  mriginally  Canaakitet,  in  the  Days  not  mucti 
iiter  than  mofts^%,  dkl  fail  into  Spain  i  And,  as  Pare 
of  tjiefedifpoflefied  Cqnaamtes  fled  thither,  fo  a  Pare 
of  them  went  into  Baotia,  and  another  Part  iota  Af- 
rica :  And  Proeopius  informs  as  of  the  Pillar  to  t^ 
fMn  about  TiMtfirr,  which  had  infcribed  on  it,  that  they 
were  of  the  Pofierity  of  thofe^  who  fled  froin  the  Faie 
^  Joflnii  the  Son  of  Nun,  the  Rebhit,    And  it  is  not 

C  «i 


*  -•■-  —■.»*•  ■ 


I    t8    } 

at  all  improbable,  tlMC,  m  thde  P^SMiciam,  or  Cdmum, 
itis,  migbc  mingle  wMi  Japbtft  Poilenty  in  £ttr9fn 
ia  fome  of  chem  aagiA  in  ProcsA  of  Tune  come  to 
Jmiriea  by  the  Wty  of  the  Sea  Mid  fettle  here  :  For 
Iher  weic  <niglttily  for  Ntmgatkn  tmd  Trsdt  snd 
(Cmmtrtit 

But  fame  mty  aik  j  fyken  learned  They  the  Art  #/ 
Navif  often  ?  And  how  cume  they  to  underft«nd  thu 
Ufeand ^plication  ef  the  Magnet  t-^Panerwdtan in- 
deed would  hnve  it,  that  Amalpbis  6rft  difcovered  the 
V/e  ef  tke  tendfiene  to  Mariners  :  And  there  i«  a  Mtip 
line  made  to  record  the  Difcoverer,  Prima  det^t 
NanJisetfiim  Matnetii  Amalphii :— By  whkh  vve  are 
to  underftand  an  ItalU*  City,  where  one  Jebn  G»«,it  ia 
laid,  found  out  the  Ufe  of  the  Mariner's  Cempaftt  a- 
bout  the  Year  of  our  Lord  1 3e2.-^But  the  Pbanieians 
were  generally  thought  to  beiik  Inventers  ef  t^  NU- 
riner't  Art  i  and,  from  Thrfe,  the  Greeks  receiwtd  it  i 
nnd,  of  tbeje,  the  Cretans  firft  of  all,  as  P%  acquaints 
us.  But  as  the  Pbernieians  firil  tried  the  Seas  among 
the  Nations  at  Hand,  and  then  afar  off  \  (o  7bneydides 
tells  us,  that  the  Corinthians  were  the  firft  among  the 
Creeks,  who  performed  Voyages  :— 

Primi^e  per  aquera  ve8i 

iMfiravere  Salum  \  primnm  deen&e,  Carinis 

Ferre  eavis,  arbis  Cemmercia, 

The  Voysge  of  Hanne,  the  Carthaginian^  round  the 
Coaft  of  Africa^  has  already  been  mention'd  :  And 
liifdy  this  muft  difcover  no  fmall  Skill  in  Na ligation. 
Nor  have  we  any  Doubt,  that  many  of  the  Pbanicians 
were  well  (killed  in  the  Mariner's  Art  :  Nor  yet  is  it 
any  unrrrifonable  Suppolliion,  that  they  might  fail  to 
Ameriea,  and  malte  slettlements  here. 

Thus  it  appears  with  fofikient  Probability,  that  Ami- 
jrie0  not  very  kvigifttr  the  Flood  waa  fettled  »  and 
that*  iifccr  Uie  firft  Sactkmenc  of  i^cheft  wsrc  fuco^^e 

Remof  als 


! 


tf.  Of  Ctmm* 
:y  in  Smtfi  % 
unecome  co 
tie  here :  For 


hty  ibt  Art  «/ 

iader(t«ad  /A* 
^sHcrmitM  lo- 
iifcovered  the 
here  if  a  Latip 
,  Prima  dedit 
which  vve  are 
JobiiGva,k  k 
'sCcmpafs,  •> 
the  PbamtioMS 
\ers0ft^MM' 
b  recei««d  ic  i 
P/irajr  acquiinli 
lie  Seas  among 
,  (olbucydiiUs 
rft  amoog  the 

avtSi 
Carinis 


nattt  round  the 
ntion*d  :  And 
in  Navigation. 
tbt  Pbceniciant 
Nor  yet  ^  ic 
'  might  fail  to 


itity,  that  Am- 

t  fettled  I  waA 

W<rc  Aicaefflijre 

ReoMTals 


[     19     ] 

Removali  tok,  efpeeitlly  from  the  Ntrtbin  Parts  if 
Ewropi  and  Afia  :■  And  then,  after  foaoe  Ages  had  re- 
▼olved,  the  Pb^wtiaut  might  arrive  and  trade  and 
fettle  here.  And.  by  the(e  varioui  Ways,  iib«riM 
becime  very  well  fettled  1  and  raft  Numbera  of  Peo^ 
pie  were  found  in  \[M9f^tlUrnW«lrld^  whenC»/ilM^ 
Amtrieus  and  fucceeding  Voyagera  came  to  it :  And 
perhafM  the  Inhabitants  here  mighr,  for  their  NuMbers^ 
vie  with  thofe  of  the  other  Continent. 

But  fome  may  be  ready  to  enqoire«ir<(#/^ir  wtbavt 
amPrMfsJrmtbtivittA  Writings,  tbat  tbit  fFeJIiru 
Wtrldwas  kn§wn  to  the  Ancients  ?  And  wbat  Evi* 
dtntis  tan  be  offertdfrm  tbm,  to  fnew  thai  ic  was  16  i 

Now  we  do  not  prefume  to  declare,  that  there  is  4 
€kar^  full  and  exfrifs  Difcavtry  of  this  mfltm  Conti- 
nont  in  the  holy  Writings.— But  we  may  fafely  venture 
to  affirm,  that  there  are  various  Paffaga  to  be  found 
in  themi,  from  which  attentive  and  confiderate  Mind« 
might  form  a  Jud>yiient,  that  tbtre  were  Regions  and 
great  'ones  beyond  thofe,  that  were  known  to  thein  in 
AJiat  Africa  and  Europe, 

Not  tl  mention  again  the  ancient  Prophecy  concern*^ 
ing  tboEa^gement  0/Japhet  \  nor  to  recite  the  Prophe- 
cy cOnceihing  Abrabantt  that  in. bis  Seed,  the  Meffiah. 
all  tboNaticns  oftbe  Eartb,  and  hence  the  moft  remote 
Pofterity  of  ^gog^Jbonld  be  bieffed\  nor  thf  poOdve 
«nd  peremptory  Engagement  to  the  Meffiah  Hitnlielf» 
b  Pftl. ».  8.  Chat  tie  uttermoA  Parts  %  or,  as  it  is  in 
the  Hebrevf,  tbe  Ends  of  tbs  Eartb^fbould  be  big 
Pojfefion  .*— It  is  ablblutely  promifed  to  the  Meffiah, 
that*  after  his  Humiliation,  at  in  Pfal.  xxil  »;,  yftf 
tbi  Ends  oftbe  World  fbtU  remember  and  turn  i§  tb^ 
JAfd  f  and  all  tbe  Kindreds  of  tbe  Nations  fiiaU  wor* 
'  fdp  brfere  tbui  or,  as  we  may  ^ve  the  Verfe  more 
inftly  acoordiiag  CO  the  Hr^itvb  M  tbe  Ends  of  tb§ 
StrlkSM  rmmHr  and  be  eemiertti  t§  Jehovah  % 


Ca 


Mi 


[    ao    ] 

iliii^  utt  thi  Famittts  of  tbt  Ntttiontjball  incline,  px  boi|| 
down,  thm/eivej  to  (hy  Face,  i.  e.  to  tbo  Mtffiab,  ex; 
hibitinK  the  Face  of  Jehovah.— Should  any  one  here 
fuggeft,  thai7^»  may  mean,  that  not  only  thcHtirewu 
but  tho  Naiiont  around  them,  Ibould  k*l**vi  ttnd  turn 
to  tbt  Urd  find  ifor/bip  Him  xh  and  by  the  Mefliah  x 
We  rfply.  that,  although  Ihit  may  be  f ar(  of  the 

J  prophetical  Meaning  \  yet  the  Sepfe  of  the  Prophecy 
eem«  to  be  much  more  extenfive  i— /f//  titt  Ends  oC 
tbt  tVorldandall  tbt  Famiiies  of  tbt  Nations .— Thefe 
Expreflioni  mull  certainly  figniBe  the  human  Race 
wrhereirer  difperfed,  and  eVen  to  tbt  rtmottfi  Parts  of 
tbtUrraoueoMs  Oiobt :  And,  to  Tbt/t,  teottbk  and 
deVout  Nlinds  might  well  ftretched  \  yhen  thia  Ur^ 
phecy  waa  read  by  them  with  religious  Care,  Atten- 
tion and  Confideration. — And  it  it  engaged,  in  Pfalm) 
Ixvii.  r,  5.  7.  Toiknow  tby  IVay  {n  tbk  Esrtb  andtb) 
SaH;at$on,  or  thy  Jefut,  in  all  Nations  \  i.  e.  not  only 
kndMn,  but  unknown.— L//  tbiPtopitt  or  the  People 
ihall,  eonfefs  to  7btt^  Elohim  v  to  Tbtt  Itt,  or  fhall; 
4//  tbt  P^opit  tbifhjtlvts  eonfefs  -^Anttall  tbt  Ends  of 
tbt  Earth  Ihall  fiar  ^m.— Surely  neither  tbt  utmojt 
Exttnt  of  Judta,  nor  tbt  EtttrtmitUs  of  tbt  tbrtt  great 
Divifions  ot  the  old  >yorld,  and  tbt  Ptopltn  thereon 
^ill  comprehend  in  them  all  tbt  Ptoplt  ot  the  World, 
4nd  al^  tbt  Ends  of  tbt  Earth.-rlt  ia  foretold,  aa  if  it 
i»e*e  ilreidy  iccornplilhed,  in  ffalm  xcviii.  3.  M 
tbt  Ends  of  tbt  Eartb  bavtfitn  tbt  SatyatioMt  or  thy 
Jefua,  oiir  Eiobi.^So  it  is  preciiAei^,  in  Pfarm  cxHi.  «. 
from  tbt  Ri/ing  of  tbt  Sun  to  tbt  going  down  of  tbt 
famt,  tbtLOfiD's  Namt  is  to  bt  prJftd.-^^giAn,  there 
is  a  Prophfetkral  Call,  ib  Ifa.  xlii.  io.  tojlng  a  ntw  Song 
to  Jehovah  j  bis P^ai/t from  tbfE^trtmity  cftbtEartb% 
jtftbat  go  down  toxd  the  Sea  and  all  that  is  tKertin  i 
the  Itles  ahcl  Jbe  Inhabitants  thereof :— And  it  is  ihd 
Call  of  Prophecy,  iii  IlTa.  xlv.  22.  Lookyt  to  mt,  and 
bejMvedt  all  the  Ends  of  the  Earth,  &c— So  it  is  fdre^ 
t6kl.  at  thtferjdking  endpunijbing  the  Jews  for  their . 
'  -      loiqUlliiH 


any  one  here 
y  theHthrews^ 
\ive  and  turn 

cbe  Mefllah  : 
w  V.u%  of  the 

the  Propheqr 
HitbtEmboi. 
«■»«;— Thefe 

human  Race 
\at0  Parts  cf 

feD(!ble  and 
rhcn  thia  Utor 
I  Care,  Atren- 
ged,  in  Pfaln^ 
Eaubandth) 

\.  e.  noc  only 
or  Che  People 
t  Ittt  or  fhall; 
atl  tbe  Ends  •/ 
Iter  tbt  utm00 
tbtibrtigit^t 
Pfcplti,  chereon 
ot  (he  World, 
>retold,  u  \t  it 
xcviii.  3.  jlit 
hatitM,  or  thy 
Pfarai'cxm.  a. 
^  down  cf/be 
—Again,  there 

f  pfihtEitrtbi 
\K  ia  tKeran  1 
And  it  ia  thd 
:je  tomit  and 
—So  it  ia  fdre^ 
Tewa  for  their 


# 


[     «•     1 

fnlquitira,  in  Ifa.  lix.  19.  J  bey  fiali  ftar  from  the 
VVcft  ibi  Namt  Jebexmbt  and  from  the  Eaft  of  the 
Sun  bis  Ghry  : — Which  ia  a  Prophecy,  that  not  only 
from  tbt  txtremijl  Partof  theEafiM^frmtbilVifitru 
H^ftdt  Jehovah,  or  ihe  MefTiah,  (hould  be  acknow- 
leged  and  glorified  in  a  religioua  Manner.— But,  that 
fvt  may  noc  be  too  cedioua  \  we  fhall  only  add  further 
Ihe  Propneey  of  Malatbi  \  in  which,  after  tbe  GOD 
ff  IJratlYi%d  fbewed  hia  Diflike  of  the  Ijrattiti/b  Na- 
tion for  their  irrellgioua  and  profane  ConduA,  and  hia 
Pufpoie  CO  caft  chem  off  for  anocher  and  larger  Peo- 
ple (  He  faya,  aa  in  Malach.  i.  1 1.  Far,  from  tbe  ri' 
/tag  $f  tbt  Sua  even  to  bis  fetting^  great  /ball  be  my 
Pfame  among  ^be  Nations^  &c.  Could  any  of  the  Jews 
Or  jewifft  Pro/elyteSt  who  lived,  or  converfed  for  a 
Seafon,  on  the  Wefiern  Borders  of  Arabia  or  Africa^ 
^xA  Jaw  tbt  Jetting  £«»,  help  imagining,  front  thia 
Prophecy,  that  fherp  were,tf/  tbe  Jetting  Sun,  Nations 
CO  be  brov^hi  to  right  Worfhip  and  Religion  \  Na- 
tk>na»  that  iiVM  vaftly  beyond  the  okl  World,  of  which 
they  were  the  Inhabitants. 

Upon  the  whole  t  If  thefe  Paflagea,  aa  well  as  many 
othera  amoonting  to  the  fame  Purpofe,  be  duly  con* 
fidered,  it  will  in  fome  Meafure  appear,  that  the  Nd- 
ti^MSt  Ptoplt  and  Families  of  tbis  ff^eSern  florid  are 
cioo^rned  in  them.— But,  if  any  think  otberwife,  it 
Ihall  be  owned  aa  a  Favour,  if  they  will  tell  ua,  in  wbdt 
mortfutt  and  exfreffivt  fiords  tb^  Spirit  (f  Propbeey 
KomU  wtU  Sfeivtr  the  divine  Intencion  and  Purpofe, 
tbett  tbe/t  W^^tm  Regions  of  tbt  Eartb,  as  well  aa  the 
6tber  Par;  of  the  Work),  /honld  be  brougbt  to  tbt 
K  %^Ugtt  VMIbXf  and  Strviet  of  che  true  OOD,  om- 
HifeftiogHimfdf  in  and  by  theMeffiah.— And  we  have, 
no  Doubc,  that  the  more  penetrating  and  judkious,  if 
not  among  tbt  Jtws,  who  were  of  more  narrow  an^ 
^ont^iftied  Minda,  yet  among  the  jtwiOt  Projefytes, 
^idfrftood  the  Meaning  of  theie  Pfopbeciea  to  reaeb 


1ft 

«■;■ 


t 


[  "  ] 

Vf#W  0ki  tU  iTtrU,  which  they  inhabited,  /#  th 
fFtrU  then  aft  itntralfy  ktuwit,  and  the  Naiioni  and 
People  inhabiting  the  fame. 

But  ac  length  the  ertat  Light  cfthi  ff^trU  fcm  t» 
vifit  it  I  tp  give  Light  t»  thm^  thtt  lit  in  Darknt^s 
mnd  the  Shadow  $f  Dtath^  and  guidt  thiir  Fat  in  the 
Way  cf  Ptact :  And,  when  He  had  been  fihtditnt  to 
Diatht  tvtn  the  Death  of  the  Creft  \  and  had  not  only 
been  delivered  Jar  eur  Offentest  but  i^i/ed  again  fw 
awt  Ju/Hfieati$n  i  He  then  declared  to  hit  A  potties, 
that  all  Power  in  Heaven  and  Earth  was  eemmitted  to 
Him  :  And  hence,  in  Virtue  ot  hie  Ddvim  Power  and 
Authoritjt  He  commiflioned  hti  Apolltee  to  go  into 
all  the  iVortd^  and  preaeh  the  Go/pel  to  every  buira 
Creature  :  And,  without  Queftion,  they  tulfille<.1  tlieir 
ComroiflTion  according  to  the  Intent  and  Meaniitg  of  it. 

It  is  very  difficult  for  uti,at  this  Time,  to  Ihew  tht 
Pregre/s  of  the  Apefiles,  But  there  is  Reafoo  to  th'u)k« 
that,  according  to  the  Mind  and  Will  of  thdr  Lord 
made  known  to  them,  they  agreed  among  themfelves, 
$0  which  Parts  of  the  Earth  eath  of  aAms  ftonid  go  \ 
and  how  they  (hould  each  o^  (hem  employ  themjeivu 
within  the  Lim,  ihat  was  laid  out  fo«  tliem. 

Some  have  told  ui,  that  Philip  went  away  to  the 
Mpptr  4/faf  and  even  to  Scythia  :  And  Nieephores  tt- 
ktci,  that  the  Apoftle  Andrem  b  believed  bv  fome  toi 
have  been  fent  to  Cappadocii,  Gaia^iot  Bitijffiia,  and 
the  fFifltm  Parts,  (ti)  But  we  place  but  very  little 
Dependance  on  any  fuchAccounia  as  there  :.«7>Aitboug)i 
we  allow,  .that  there  are  fome  £videoces>  that  Tkemu 
carried  the  Gofpel  taEaffern-lndia^ 


Some  of  the  ancient  Fathers  &^;. 'a 
ftr'uig,  in  Favour  of  it,  that  /^.^ 


:3!bc 


fbhngiont  the  fVerld  by,  thte  A; 
(o)  Niitfh/,  m^  Lib.  8.  Cap.  6. 


full  and 
■yi  gar, 
our  Uefled 
lAfd« 


labked,  /«  th» 
h«  NmIom  and . 


fit  in  Darknt/s 
tiir  Feel  i»  tke 
een  »kedien$  to 
id  had  not  only 
%ijed  dgiun  fir 

0  h'n  A  pottles, 
ss  eewmdtted  to 
vim  Paner  Md 
fltet  CO  g9  into 
§  -every  huira  x 
ty  tulBlled  tlieir 

1  Meanti>g  of  ic. 

ne,  to  ihew  tU 
Kcafoo  CO  think, 
1  of  thdr  Lord 
long  Chetnfelvei, 
hem  fteuii  ge  % 
wpiey  tbemjetve* 
cliem. 

tnc  away  co  the 

id  Nkepberes  re- 
ived bv  fome  ca 
I,  Bitfyda,  Mud 
t-  b«.c  very  liccle 
I'te  :.«7-Aiicboiig|i 
MPS,  ihttfhmst 

r  m  V^e  full  aed 
frl     "tfort- 
4  to.  our  bkfled 
tiifd* 


[     ^3     1    . 

Lord.— |rM''«ii  }■  hit  Epidlr  co  the  PtilMhfpbfsM^ 
(avKChatf/  was ^.'■^Ttrtnlli^n  ob!<^ve«,  that  tbePiseet 
^  Britain,  w^iVifr  iv#rv  tnauffhle  ^  tht  Pomant,  lay 
9ftn  te  CAf/2/5f.— And  we  ma)r  wril  afk,  w  ^  might 
HOC  cKher  diflanc  Placet,  ai  ^  even  chctc  tpmotc  Regiona 
do  fo  too  ?— JSe/iNWe/  (hewa  ui  hit  Opittior/,  loat  the 
DeOrine  ef  Sslvstien  vtt  ty  the  divine  Penoer  .w^ 
Ce»9fera$ien  CMfried  into  sll  the  IVortd,  Julius  Firmt- 
tut  Matnrnittt  i»fho  lived  aheve  1400  Tu)  iff,  af- 
£rnu,chat  there  »st  tuNstien  eMirrff«cvra,Ea/^.  We<V, 
N  >rth  or  South,  unto  whom  the  Sun  ef  the  G^jf>*lhad 
^  ihined.  And  Gregory  Nyffen  fayi,  that  the  jolpel 
hn  /  heen  fpread  net  enly  in  the  whole  Continent^  knt  in 
every  l/land  alfe.  And,  in  lAter  Timet,  feveral  Writert 
have  afleried  to  the  fame  Purpofe.  Thut  OJiande 
writing  of  FilagagnOt  and  hit  plancing  at  Brsfitt  writes 
pofitively  and  cunfidenrty,  nrithowt  Denht  theft  Pec 
pie  reeeived  the  Gejpri  of  CHRIST  hy  the  Preaehing  of 
the  Apotllet  tffio  Tears  Jtnee, 

But,  when  we  have  better  Proofs  than  merely  human 
I,  ic  muft  certaioly  be  fit  end  right  to  give  thejS 


the  Preference. 

Now  the  Evangelift  M^rk  infermtot,  in  Chap,  xvt 
to.  that  TLeyt  the  Apoftict,  toent  forth  and  preached 
every  where,  the  LORD  working  with  them,  Uc.  i.  e. 
They  went,  and  performed,  according  to  the  Divine 
DireiiUon.  And  the  Apoftle  Paul  afluret  us,  in  Golof, 
i.  «|.  The  Gofpel  ye  have  heard^  which  wms  preached 
to  every  Creature,  which  it  under  Heaven,  &c.  And 
aa  He  leu  ut  know,  in  Rom.  i.  t.  that  the  Faith  of 
ihe^Romtiti  was pnhiilbed  in  all  the  Workl  1  fo  He 
sells  the  Colofiam  mofl  plainly  and  expreAy,  as  inCoL 
i.  6.  thM  the  IVord  ofTruthjhe  Go/pelt  was  come  nto0 
only  to  them,  hut  in  all  the  World,  amd  bringeth  forth 
Frmt,  &c.  And  our  Apoftle  telh  us,  in  Rom.  x.  1 8. 
that,  according  to  the  ancient  Prophecy  of  them,  i.  e* 
the  ApolUes,  their  Smud  mmt  inta  all  the  Earth,  and 

their 


■^  '^..5°?*^  '^y^'i  *'' 


t    i4    I 

M«>  Words  to  the  Ends  of  the  World.  Ao'd  indeed; 
if  one  Apoftle/r0m  Jerufalem  and  round  about  even  ti 
illyricum,  fully  treached  the  Gofpel  of  CHRIST,  6r 
/illed  up  tke  Gofpel  of  CHRIST  j  lo  that  all  the  Places 
between  Jerufaltm  and  Illyricum^  and  round  about 
ihem,  were  fully  gofpeliztd  by  Him,  as  in  Rom.  xv. 
19  t  we  may  reafonably  think,  that  the  reft  of  tbi 
Apofiles  with  the  Sevinty  Difciplesi  being  alike  indu^' 
rious  and  faithful  in  the  Work  oi  the  Lord.  rciu(t  fully 
preach  the  Gofpel  even  throughout  the  whole  World. 

But,  if  we  think  further  with  Eufebius,  that,  befides 
the  Twelve  Apo Sties,  and  the  Seventy  Difcipies  ;  there 
were  more  ApoSfles  and  Difcipies :  Which  he  gathers 
from  that  Paifage  of  the  Apotlle  Paul,  in  1  Corinth. 
kv.  6.  After  that,  he  was  feen  of  above  five  hund- 
red Brethren  at  once  \  of  whom  the  greater  Part  re^^ 
main  unto  this  pre fent  \  but  fome  are  fallen  afleep  :  (w) 
Then  there  mud  be  above  two  hundred  and  fifty  Brc' 
tbren,  befides  the  twelve  Apoftles  and  the  Seventy  Dif- 
ciples,  who  bad  feen  CHRIST,  and  could  atteft  to  the 
Truth  and  Certainty  of  his  Refurre^ion,  and  fo  to  th6 
Divinity  of  his  Religion  :  And  a  confidcrable  Nuoibef 
of  tbefe  might  come  to  our  WeSfLm  World.  An4  fo 
Amertca  muft  have  been  filled  up  with  the  Gol^l, 
according  to  ouir  A][)oftle*s  ExprelHon . 

Some  indeed  have  infifted  on  it,that  thePaflages  con- 
cerning the. Gofpers  coming  inalttbi:  World,  andgoin^ 
ii:to  all  tbeEartb,za6  the  like,on1y  intend  and  mean  thi 
RomanEmpire,  But  if  they  will  wreft  thefePaffages  to 
t.his  vSeniis  t  it  feem$  hard  to  force  that  Paflfage  m  the 
Epiftle  to  the  Coloffians,  above-cited,  to  that  Mearjng 
that  the  Gofpel  was  preached  to  every  Creature,  thaf 
b,  to  "^very  Miin  «»i^«r  Heaven, 

We  do  not  now  therefore  concern  ourfelves  fomuch 
U^bo  were  tbi  bringirf  of  the  Cofpd  to''tbis  American 

Woria  i 
(va)  Eufth.  Eccitf.  Hift.  Lib.  i.  Cap.  13'. 


Id.  An'd  indeed; 
md  about  even  ti 
of  CHRIST,  6r 
that  all  the  Places 
nd  round  about  . 
,  as  in  Rom.  xv. 
t  the  rest  of  the 
Htng  alike  indufi- 
I  Lord*  muft  fully 
le  whiole  World. 

hius^  that,  befides 
Difciples  \  there 
Vhich  he  gathers 
«/,  in  1  Corinth, 
ibove  five  hund- 
greacer  Part  r#- 
f alien  afleep  :  (w) 
red  and  fifty  Bre- 
d  the  Seventy  Dip- 
ould  atteft  to  the 
oit  and  fo  to  the 
iGderable  Nuoibef 
mrld.  An4  fo 
with  the  Gol^l, 

9. 

It  thePaflages  con- 
ff^orldt  andgoin^ 
itend  and  mean  thi 
ft  tbefePaffages  to 
lat  Paflfage  in  the 
,  to  that  Meagng 
ery  Creatutet  thaf 


lourfelvesfomuch 

f  to'this  American 

World } 

Cap.  13'. 


[    «5    ] 

World  :  But  we  think,  that  there  is  Reafon  to  affirm 
from  Oivine  Authority,  that  it  was  brought  here  by 
one  or  more  of  the  Apoftlesand  Difciples  an  J  many 
Brethff  ?n,aW  produecd  Fruit,  And  therefore  this  Con- 
tinent tnuft  be  certainly  known  to  thcfe  firil  Preachers 
cfth.  Gtfpel  in  it  r  And  from  them,  without  Doubt  the 
Faith  «of  the  Americans  was  publifhed  in  all  the  other 
World. 

TJjcre  is  then,  alas  I  too  much  Reaftn  tobeHeve,that 
this  Wenemmrld  finned  away  the  Gofpel  :  And  why 
Ihould  this  be  thought  ftrange  and  incredible  with  us  \ 
^hcnAfrica,  which  for  feveral  Hundreds  of  Years  after 
our  Saviour*s  Time,  was  enlighined  with  the  Gofpel 
ahd  filled  with  Chriftian  Societies,  is  now  involved  gen- 
erally in  Mahometan  Glooms  or  Pagan  Darkneffes. 

But  however  we  have  good  Grounds  for  hoping; 
I'^i*  H'^J^'^ff^  '^n^  Religion  of  JefusmW  recover  their 
loft  PoflTcffion,  and  gain  a  more  wide  and  extenfive 
Spreading,  than  has  yet  been  knpwn  in  the  later  Ages 
and  Generations  i  For  it  is  foretold  by  the  Spirit  of 
Prophecy,  in  Habak.  ii.  14.  which  we  thus  read  ac- 
cording CO  the  Original  Hebrew,  The  Eatth  /ball  be 
fitted  to  know  the  Glory,  JEHOVAH,  as  the  fVatm 
/ball  eover  upon  the  Sea* 

Now  the  LORD  GOD  ALMIGHTY  grants  that 
tbts  whole  Continent,  as  well  as  the  Old  World,  may 
find  the  fulleft  and  moft  perfeft  Accomplifhment  of 
this  good  Word,  on  which  He  caufes  the  Hearts  of  his 
People  /•  hope  and  reft  :  And  may  all  the  People  of  ih9 
World  unite  in  laying,  AMEN. 


\ 


^. 


t  26  ] 


I 


An    a  P  P  E  N  D  I  Xj 

Concerning  THE  AMERICAN  COLONIES, 


AND        I   O    M    e 


LATE  MANAGEMENTS  acSaiust  thei^. 


'Regna^  cum  SceUfe,  omnibus 


5»«/  Exilus  graviota.  Sewbca,  in  TbtP,  Aa.  4. 
— iViiw  ubi  mores  deteriores  increbefcunt  in  dies  \^ 
Vbiqutt  Jmici  qui  itifideUs  M*  nequeas  pernofctre  } 
Vbique  eripiatur  animo  tuo,  quod  pUaat  maxime  % 
Jbi  quidem,fi  Regnum  detur,  turn  eflcupita  Civitas. 
Plautvs  in  Msrtator.  AS  5.  Seene  t* 


IT  may  be  proper  and  ad»ifetble  to  add  a  few 
Things  here,  by  Way  of  Appendix,  which  couid 
oo(  be  fe  properly  and  conveniently  introduced  in 
the  foregoing  Ejfoj.    And  indeed,  as  Divine  Pro- 
vidence,  without  my  fceking  for  it,  has  furniflied  an  Oc- 
$afion  for  niieolioning  fome  fit  and  right  Things,  with 
regard  to  ihcfe  American  Colonies,  and  fome  late  Tranf- 
aBiont  toibw  Difadvantage  and  Wrong  j  I  cannot  but 
Ibink  it  nS  Doty  to  improve  it  %  hoping,  that  none  Will 
be  troubled  or  offended  with  mc  for  fo  doing.    For 
why  (houW  any  one  be  lo,  for  taking  a  fair  Opportu- 
nity to  (hew  my^Affeffien  to  m  Country,  as  well  as  my 
Good  Will  and  Regard  to  the  Reft  of  the  Colonies  f 

Some  hav^  noted,  and  it  is  worthy  of  Obferration, 
That  Colonies,  from  the  Beginning  of  Thing^  after  the 
VkMdr  to  thii  Day,  have  been  almoft  coaOmtfy  fed 


m 


■I'^r^.^iw^^f^i^^ 


)  I  Xj 

COLONIES, 

mST   THEl^. 


t  fbtb,  A&.  4* 

iuntin  dies  x"^ 
tas  pernofare  i 
\ceat  nuutime  \ 
cupita  Civitai^ 
.  ylff  5.  5f«M  u 


le  to  add  <  few 
dixt  which  couid 
tly  introduced  id 
J,  as  Diww  Pro- 
s  furni(hed  an  Or- 
{hc  Things,  with 
d  feme  late  TranC' 
)ngi  I  cannot  hot 
ing,  that  none  Will 
r  fo  doing.  For 
g  a  fm-  Opporttf- 
tryt  as  well  as  my 
\tbeC0l9mtsf 

y  of  ObfervBtion, 
I  Thing*,  after  the 
oft  conftantfy  led 
"         '      for* 


[     27    1 

forth  frm  the  Eaff  to  the  ff^eff,  and  not  in  the  contra- 
ry DireAion.     And  the  mentioning  of  This  brings  to 
Memoiy  a  Remark,  that  was  made  by  the  worthy  Mr. 
'hremy  White  but  a  little  while  before  he  made  his  Ex- 
it out  of  the  World,     When  he  was  alked,  What  be 
thought  oftbefe  American  Regions  ?  After  a  little  Paufc 
he  afked  theEnquirer,  Whence  the  wi/e  Men  came^  wht 
repaired  to  Judea,  in  order  to  /tew  their  Refpeff  and 
pay  their  Homage  to  the  glorious  King  of  the  World  ? 
To  which  QueUion  it  was  anfwered  by  the  Gentleman, 
at  whofe  Houfe  he  then' was.  Why,  Sir,  from  the  Eafi : 
Whereupon  Mr.  White  remarked,  And  let  me  tell  You^ 
$irt  They  have  been  travelling  Weft  ward  everftnce  t 
And  then  he  went  on  and  gave  it  as  his  Judgment, 
that  this  Part  of  the  World  feemed  to  him  to  be  referved 
in  Providence  for  the  great  Seat  of  Empire  and  Religi- 
on and  the  Theatre  of  confiderable  Events  before  the 
End  of  the  World. 

In  t' e  publilhed  Account,  concerning  the  Ufool 
this  le..>ned  and  pibus  Gentleman,  it  is  related,  that,  al- 
though he  lived  to  be  near  80  Years  of  Age,  He  nei- 
ther furvived  his  Reafon,  bis  Cbearfulnefs,  bis  Memory, 
nor  bis  Honour  :  And  we  may  fitly  add  here,  that  the 
Remark  above  mentioned,  made  by  him  towards  the 
Clofe  of  his  Lite,  Qiewed  not  only  the  Penetration  ef 
bis  Mind,  but  the  So^ndnfs  of  bit  Judgment  alfo :  And, 
as  Cieero  fays,  Dies—Nature  Judicia  confirmat  \  which 
we  may  render,  7ime  confirm^  the  Judgments  ofNatwre% 
or  the  jud£|ments  formed  from  tht;  Obfervation  ^f 
Nature.' 

And  novf  Things  are  tending  apace  towards  the 
Completion  of  Mr.  Whit(^%  Sentiments  and  Expeftad- 
ona  }  and,  as  we  apprehend,  to  the  Fulfilment  of  fun- 
dry  I^rediftiona  in  the  morefure  Word  of  Prophecy  con- 
ceiiring  the  Prevalence  of  the  Redeemn's  Kingdom  in 
tbi  We!t  and  to  the  Goings  down  of  the  Sun^  and  iht 
fUinil  of  the  Whole  Earth  with  bit  Glor^. 


MH 


'  'jpc?*r  -f.T>*w»rtT*?«w»'« 


m\ 


[  28  ] 

Theft  Pam  of  the  World  feem  to  have  been  defigned 
of  Heaven  for  an  ylfylum,  a  Place  of  Reft  and  Refrclli- 
ment,  to  thofe,  who  have  been  oppreffcd  and  groaning 
under  the  Tyranny  of  Political ani  Ecftefia/lical  Poxier  t 
And  at  Thoufaads  and  Thoulaods  cA  Tbefe,  have  al- 
ready elcaped  out  of  the  Clutches  of  iheir  mercilcfs  anc\ 
cruel  Oppreflbrs  1  and  found  Refpite,  Eafe  and  Com- 
fort in  theft  fertile  and  wholefome  Regions ;  fo  it  may 
be  rcafonably  expefted,  that  many  tboufands  more  will 
voluntarily  and  chearfully  relort  here  with  the  fame 
Views  and  Inienuons  and  to  good  ^ffe^  \  notwiih- 
ftanding  all  the  Lett  and  Impediments,  which  may  be 
thrown  in  their  Way  by  oppreffive,  and  ihtieforc  wealq 
and  fooliih,  Pelitician{  and  Pritftf^ 

But  there  have  been  fome  Methods  uftd,  not  only 
of  low  Art,  but  of  rajb  Force  and  Violence  in  later 
Times,  to  abridge  tke  Freedoms,  and  cramp  the  Im- 
provements of  thefp  Colonies  ;  So  that,  was  the  014 
X-aiin  Poet  Ennius  now  living,  he  would  wrir^  as  h^ 
did  in  his  own  Day, 

,     ^ollitur  (  me(Uo  Sapientia  :  Vi  gmtur  Rn  : 

jWhich  may  be  thus  tranflated  for  the  Englifh  Reader, 

^       Wifdom  is  taken  from  if*f^  u/ual  Courje : 

^kings  novf  are  mana(d  by  Uiigratcrul  Force. 

The  Contrivers  and  Projecutors  of  theft  Methods  of 
treating /r«  Pec  fie,  .who  are  entitled  to  «//  the  Privir 
ledges  of  Britons,  ai  much  as  Britons  themfelves  \ 
and  who,  if  1  know  them,  will,  at  all  Hazards,  furely 
teco^ker  and  retain  theft,  maugre  all  the  Counftls  and 
Attempts  againft  them  }  the  Contrivers  and  Prcjeeur 
Ms  of  theft  Mcthcds,  w«i  fay,jdik>vcr  moft  egreffi- 
ous  Igrorance  of  their  American  Bretfwtn  andrtkir 
Aigbts :  And,  if  7 bis  were  all;  it  might  ealily  be  piti- 
ed and  overlccked.    But  there  kcmi  «i  the  lame  Tiine 


been  defign  ec] 
:i  and  Retrelii- 
i  and  groaning 
afiifal Power  i 
be/Ct  have  al- 
r  mercilefs  anc\ 
Lafe  and  Com- 
>ns  I  fo  it  may 
(ands  more  wilt 
with  the  fame 
"eft  i  notwith- 
which  may  be 
ihcieforc  weal^ 


jred,  not  onljr 
iolence  in  latef 
cramp  tbe  Im- 
t  was  the  OI4 
i4ld  wrir^  as  h^ 

'\$Ur  Ra  : 

!ngli(h  Header, 

wje: 
:erul  force, 

lefe  Methods  of 
>  itll  the  Privif 
IS  tbemftlves  \ 
iazards,  furely 
le  Counfcls  and 
s  and  Pr9jeeMr 
er  mod  egregi- 

krtU  attdrtk^UT' 

It  eafily  be  ptti- 
\  the  i^une  XvBM 


[     29     ] 

<o  be  fo  much  Malevolence  and  Enmity  maniFtfted  tO' 
wards  the  natural  and  coniiitutional  Rights  and  Liter* 
ittes  of  the  AmericanSy  as  cannut  well  admit  of  any  juft 
Apology,  or  tair  Excule, 

We  have  no  Inclination  to  concern  curfelves  fo  far 
as  10  treat  largely  concerning  the  Legiflctive  Authority 
f/"  Great  Britain.  Let  This  be  called  Supreme  by  its 
Favourers  •»  and  let  it  be  magniBed  in  all  other  Re- 
gards and  to  the  uctermolt  Degree  by  them,  if  they 
pkafe  :  Butj  with  their  Leave,  //  is  not  extended^  nor 
can  it  conftitutionally  be^  to  the  A0^ir  of  Taxation^  as 
ail  Britons  know,  or  might  know  if  they  would  :  For 
fhe  Commons  ot  Great  Britain  have  the  Jole  Right  of 
taxing  the  People^  whom  they  reprelent  ;  ^bis  Right 
was  recovered  upon  the  Revolution  :  And,  ever  fince 
that  Time,  the  Commons  have  (leadily  exerciied  it.  Ic 
is  allowed,  that,  as  7 ax  Bills  are  lent  up  to  theLords  and 
Crownt  They  accept  of  them*  juft  as  Ihty  are  brought 
to  chem,  according  to  the  Formality  of  Law  :  For 
otherwife  the  Monies  granted  cannot  be  had,  and  ap- 
plied to  the  public  Ufe  and  Service;— But,  af»er  all,  /*# 
taxation  itj^lf,  ana  the  Gift  of  the  Monies,  is  by  th$ 
Common^t  in  the  N^ime  i|nd  Behdif  of  the  People  of 
Britain, 

Now  the  Americans^  and  thtir  Commons^  as  Judge 
Plack/tont  calls  our  General  A^emblies,  cannot  fee,  what 
fiigbt  /^«  Commons  of  Britain  have  to  take  their  Mo" 
pies  from  them,  and  apply  them  to  fdch  \3\h  i&  they 
judge  proper.  Nay  they  have  over  and  over  again 
unanfwerably  proved,  that  they  have  not  the  Right  ta 
do  fo  :  For  indeed,  if  they  have  h,  certainly  we  poor 
Africans  oiuft  be  dejlitute  of  the  Rights  and  Privh 
/^X^^EngUlhmen,  to  which  we  are  fully  entitled  5 
Ao^.  \i  This  bt  our  Cafe,  it  muft  be  dlfrepufaU>lc  aiid 
.  ignominious  both  to  them  and  their  American  Brethren  t 
7>  them,  that  they  deprive  us  of  the  Rights  and  Liber- 
|i^  juilly  belonging  (q  us  j  and  to  \SaxaAmm(an  Bn^ 

~  .-  -_  -  (hrrn. 


u.^  iii.mJJi(W^ 


[    3°    1 

thren,  who  have  dearly  purchafed  them,  and  never 
have  yet  forfeited  thrm  i  but  have  rather  deferved  an 
Addition  to  them  by  our  Exertioni. 

And  yet  tbe  Majority  of  a  certain  great  Aflembly 
have  peremptorily  refolved,  that  Tbey  bavt  yiuthtrity 
to  mah  Laws  binding  on  the  Colonies  in  all  Cafes  what- 
foever  :  So  then  They  thus  aflert  their  Authority,  a* 
mong  other  Things,  to  tax  us  when,  and  bow,  and  as 
pfttn  and  as  mueb  as  ibty  pleafe. 

Upon  which,  if  it  (hould  be  enquired.  By  wbat  Ah- 
tbority  tbey  thus  rtfolvtd  f  And  wbo  gavt  tbem  that 
Autbority  ?  It  is  probable,  that  thev  could  give  ho 
tp.Sicient  and  fatisfaftory  Anfwer.  Certainly  the  Ame- 
ricans never  gave  them  fuch  Authority  }  and  the  Peo- 
ple of  Britain  never  could  give  them  fuch  Authority  i 
For  they  never  had  it  to  give. 

But  it  deferves  fome  particular  Notice  here,  that 
they  were  fo  cautious  and  referved  as  not  to  fay,  that 
tbey  bad  tbe  Rigbt,  or  rigbtful  Autbority^  to  make 
Jutb  Laws :  And  hence  it  may  very  fitly  be  prefomed, 
that  they  kp^  in  tbeir  own  Souis^  tbat  tbey  bad  no 
fucb  Rigbtt  or  rigbtful  Autbority  %  and  therefore  th^y 
would  not  declare,  that  ic  belonged  to  them. 

Many  judicious  Perfons  here  are  of  the  Mind,  and 
have  often  expreifed  it,  that  it  would  have  been  beirer 
if  the  Majority  had  not  boafled  of  their  abjolute  Au- 
fbority,  nor  indeed  refolved  <*ny  Tbing  at  all  about  it : 
For,  in  Truth,  the  Siting  and  Re/olving,  that  tbey  bave 
Jutb  Autbority^  is  no  Proof  at  all  of  their  being  in  the 
rightful  Poffeflion  of  it.*^And  the  Metbods^  which 
have  been  taken  for  fupporang  tbeir  afferted  Autbority, 
have  no  Tendency  to  produce  any  Approbation  of  it, 
pr  real  Regard  to  it.  Bm,  ikitbe  Claim  of  fuch  an 
Authority  by  a  Briti^  Senate  muft  be  deemed  abfurd 
f^d  wrong  by  the  moft  Mpderftanding  Britons  tbenh 

fehei  I 


-ssiift* 


n,  and  never 
r  deferved  vn 


eac  Aflembly 

avt  Au$b§rity 
ill  Cares  what- 
Authority*  h- 
d  bow.  Mild  St 


By  what  Au' 
me  tbem  /bat 
Duld  give  ho 
linly  the  Ame- 

and  the  Peo- 
h  Authority  i 


ice  here,  that 
Dt  to  fay,  that 
ri'/y,  to  make 
|r  be  prefumed, 
r  tbey  bad  na 
therefore  th^y 
:hem. 

the  Mind,  and 
ive  been  betrer 
ir  ahjotute  An- 
t  all  about  \t : 
)  that  tbey  bavt 
eir  being  in  the 
tetbodst  which 
rted  Autbority, 
robation  of,  it, 
tim  offuch  aa 
deeoned  abfurd 
J^rifom  tbem/T 
Jehei  I 


'^'^i^  ^  ■*"''dPi'"*i(r***^'*^ 


I  ■ate; 


^s^a^m 


t    3'    1 

fihti  t  To  tbi  rough  Managmtnts  to  fuppoit  itiA  e* 
ftablifh  it  are  judged,  by  tbt  Amtritans  in  general,  to 
be  contrary  Co  Reafon,  Right  and  Equity.— And  all 
ibe  Military  Force^  which  can  be  fent  for  its  Support^ 
will  only  ferve  co  confirm  and  eftablifli  thefe  Colonies 
in  their  real  Apprehenfions,  that  wroMg  and  anrigbti- 
OMSt  as  well  as  weak  atidfooli/b,  M^afures  are  ufed  with 
them  \  and  ^beje,  as  they  think,  from  fuch  ilUberai 
Atottves,  as  wife  Men  will  find  it  very  difficult  to  jufti- 
fie,  or  even  to  palliate* 

Although  it  has  been  readily  and  cheerfully  granted. 
Chat  the  Britiftt  Houje  of  Commons  have  the  undoubted 
Right  andjole  Power  and  Authority  of  tating  the  Peo- 
ple, their  Brethren,  at  Home  i  yet  we  conceive  it  to 
be  a  mod  unreafonable  and  unrighteous  Stretch  of  the 
Autborityt  which  is  claimed  by  them,  to  exerci/e  it  iu 
taxing  the  People  of  America : — For  it  is  moft  fure 
and  certain,  that  the  Ametieaus  have  ne^er  chofen  theni 
for  their  Reprefentatives  }  and  it  is  reafonable  to  think, 
that  they  never  will  ebu/e  them  as  fuch  :  Becaufe  they 
.  cannot  well  be  accountable  to  them  for  their  public 
Conduft  and  Managements }  nor  can  they  well  be 
treated  by  them  according  to  their  good  or  evil  De* 
fervings  from  chem. 

The  Americans  confider  it  as  i;ery  di/higenuous  to 
treat  them  in  fuch  an  unfit  and  fevere  Manner,  by  i«/- 
qmtous  Laws  and  rigorous  Executions  of  tbem  \  when 
Theyt  efpecially  of  New  England,  have  at  their  own 
Expence  fettled  a  great  Continent^  fo  much  to.  the 
Advantage  of  Britain,  and  to  our  Lofs,  in  the  Way 
oi  Trade  atid  Commerce  \  and  by  means  of  which  Greai 
Britain  is  made  ftf  wealthy  at  Hohie,  and  fp  mucti  re- 
fpefted  and  efteemed  by  her  furroundingNeighbobrs.-^ 
Nor  have  they  oa\y  fettled  this  vaft  Continent^o  a  coif- 
fiderable  Degiree  \  out,  by  the  Expence  of  much  Tred" 
fure  and  much  Blood,  they  have  muntained  the  Pof- 
fiiflioa  to  the  Emolument  of  Britons  i  And  ^by  i  It 


;>.«l     • 


li 


I    3^    ] 

Was  all  for  the  fake  of  enjoying  tbofe  Rights  md 
PriviUgeSt  which  are  now  fcandaloufly  begrutched  to 
them,  and  infirjiQufly  and  wronglully  wrefted  froai 
them. 

The  Cohnifis  alfo  think,  that  the  Managements  • 
gainft  them  are  impolitic  Md imprudent,  as  well  ai  dif- 
mgenuous  and  unfair  :  For,  if  New  England  alone^  by 
Divine  Providence  favouring  their  Expedition  agaioft 
Louijlurgb  in  the  Year  1745,  gave  ProteiJion  to  Great 
Britain  and  Peace  to  Europe  i  is  it  not  highly  proba- 
ble, that  tbeyi  with  the  other  Colonies,  both  may  and 
will  be  gre^iJy  fc^riri^eable  in  future  to  their  Mother 
Country,  unlefs  t$ey  be  difcouraged  and  hindred  from 
being  To  by  unkind  and  injurious  Treatment  ?  And 
mult  it  not  therefore  be  foe  the  Jnterefi  of  Great  Bri- 
Uin  to  lighten  them  of  the  heavy  Burdens  put  upon 
them,  and  not  to  leave  fo  much '  as  one  on  them  r— • 
Certainly  then  it  muft  be  their  Wijdom  to  do  this  for 
them. 

Bcfides,  The  Americani  (incerely  think,  that  the  Im- 
pofitiou  and  Continuance  of  fuch  Burdens  on  them  is  a' 
direft  ard  continued  Breach  of  the  public  Faith  :  For 
the  Americans,  efpecially  of  the  Charter  Governments, 
voere  folmnly  promijed,  that  they  and  their  Pofitritf 
forever  fliould  enjoy  all  the  Rights  and  J^rivileges  of 
Engliflmen  \  upon  Condition,  that,  at "^^ their  own  Ex- 
pence,  they  v^ould  fettle  and  improve  fuch  and  fuch 
Territories,  as  fbould  be  purchafed  by  them  xnAmerica, 
Now  it  is  beyond  all  Dilpute,  that  the  Americans  have 
fulfilled  their  Part  of  the  Contract :  And  therefore  the 
depriving  of  them  of  the  ftipulated  Rights  and  Liberties, 
and  even  the  Abridgment  of  thefe,  (hould  not  b^  me- 
ditated, and  much  lefs  refolved  on  and  execoted,  by 
Chr^fiianized  Britons :  For  even  Turks  and  Pagans 
would  be  afhamed  to  perpetrate  ftjth  a  fham^l  Breach 
tf  public  Faith  :  And  therefore  it  may  be  well  and 
|ta(bDably  expcA^,  that,  wherein  theit  has  been  am 

fuib 


m 


1^    - 


t  Rij^bts  mid 
begrutched  to 
wrefted  from 


JMgements  • 
as  well  ai  dif- 
land  aiontf  by 
'dttion  againft 
taioit  ti  Great 
highly  proba- 
lotb  may  and 
their  Mothtf 
hindred  from 
itment  ?  And 
of  Great  Bri- 
ens  put  upon 
on  them  r— 
to  do  this  for 


c,  that  the  tm- 
'  on  them  is  a ' 
'c  Faith  :  For 
'  Gnernmentt^ 
heir  Pofteritf 
'privileges  of 
heir  own  Ex- 
fuch  and  fuch 
!m  xnAmeriea, 
imerieans  have  . 
J  therefore  the 
and  Liberties, 
d  not  bf  me- 
I  executed,  ty 
f  and  Pagans 
lameful  Breach 
'  be  well  and 
;  hat  been  m 


[    33    ] 

fiuh  Thing,  or  an  Appearand  •fit,  there  fliould  be  kn 
honeft  and  manly  Refolution  not  to  abide  by  ic  :  For 
fuch  a  Refolution,  inftead  of  diftioncuring  any  B  idy  of 
Men,  would  render  them  more  amiable,  excellent  and 
^ufkrious  in  the  Eftimation  of  the  whole  World. 

Moreover  »  The  Colonifts  judge,  that  the  Britilb 
Commont  have  dealt  with  them,  in  their  modern  Ma- 
nagements, not  accordina  to  the  goUtn  Rule  of  Equity : 
For  certainly  the  Britifi  Commons,  were  fhey  in  our 
SUnathn  ikd  CirenmJIanees,  and  We  in  theirs,  wouid 
tut  think^itjujl  and  right  fvr  themselves  to  receive 
fuch  TredtnunJ  from  us,  as  they  judge  proper  to  givto 
unco  US4 

The  Akerieani  therefore*  upon  fuch  Con(lderation>; 
is  have  been  mentioned,  are  ready  to  exclaim  with 
regard  to  tiie  unfit,  unkind  and  injurious  Dealings  to- 
wards them  by  their  Brethren  :  Oh  I  the  times!  Oh! 
the  Manners  !  For  they  think  it  wrong,  that  any  Men 
ifaould  exert,  if  they  have  it,  fuch  an  undue  Influence 
a8/#  remove  the  aneientLandmarks  ofEngliftiFreedom, 
as  well  as  of  Truth  and  Rkhteoufoefs :  And  they 
look  on  ic  as  anaccountable  Wk  aftoniOiing,  that  any 
fuch  Things  fliould  be  aaed,  or  tamely  fuffered,  by 
Great  Britain.  Yea  the  CohMfis  fcruple  not  to  fpeak 
(Wt  the  La4g«|p;e  of  the  tragic  Poet  in  Che  ChrfftiaH 
Hero  i 

01  ts  it  not,  that  Tyranny  prevails. 

And  the  true  End  of  Government  is  lofi  I 

that  thofe,  whojbonld  dtfend  each  in  his  RighL 

Betrof  their  trufi,  and/eize  upon  the  fThile  I 

this,  this  is  to  rebel  againfi  that  Poveer, 

By  which  Kings  reign  j  and  turns  the  Arms  of 

Againft  itfeify  [Heaveit 

'^hoa  a  few  Thing*,  ol  tio  fmall  Importancr,  have 
vm  •H?f«4  by  Way  of  Apohgj  for  the  Americans  i 

D  -      And 


■  :•  f^  *S«"Vf^'5^fiWt:WV*Tii(w™r' ! 


iS«? 


.'jjl^g^WIW 


'^4 


).:»: 


um] 


i 


nJ 


f    34    ] 

And  where  ii  the  Hurt,  tr  Inproprkcy,  of  my  oVa^ 
ing  this  ApvUgy  for  their  Rights  ind  Libertlet  i  way 
more  chan  in  7«>f<»  MtftyX  TtrtMiliaifh  AthiM^§' 
ras\  and  other  Writeri  in  the  primitive  Church,  ten- 
dering tbfir  Apclcgies  for  their  Chriftian  Brethren  to 
the  HmaM  Empirtrt  and  Stnates  f  And,  if  (bis  At' 
ttmpt,  in  Conjun^ion  wiih  thofe  of  gtbtrSt  Ihould  mccf 
witn  Acceptaace »  and  my  Country,  with  the  other 
Colonies,  (hould  fare  in  any  MeaTure  the  better  for  it, 
it  will  he  a  great  Comfort  to  me  at  the  Sitting  of  nrf 
Ufi^  and  caufe  me  to  quit  the  Stage  with  more  Com- 
pofure  and  Satiafaaion  t  becaufe  dnt  ^rtidm  is  rst- 
Jtcrtd  to  America,  and  there  is  a  emfertakU  Projpea 
of  its  de/ceHdsng  tp  our  lattft  Pofterity. 

But,  if  notwithftanding  all,  that  has  been  fo  clearl? 
and  fully,  fo  rationally  and  judiciouayv*rgoed  ngjainft 
Che  late  Innovations,  by  particular  Per  fens  of  variout 
Order^  jnd  by  fuch  refpeftable  Bodies  of  Men  ^ 
Councils  and  Kiprefentatives,  Might  mud  be  ftill  ex- 
ercired  for  fubverting  and  over fowet  ing  American 
Right  I  We  think,  and  are  fuily  perfuaded,  that  the 
gentrous  and  brave  Amicans  w'JI  be  di/pofed  and  rtr 
jphea  to  defend  ihemfelfes  and  ihdr  Rights,  and  prir 
'fare  in  the  beft  Manner  tfiey  c.r  for  doiiig  fo  :  Andt 
St  Things,  from  un^dvifcd  and  rafts  Nledures  ftill  ufed, 
muft  be  brought  to  a  defperate  CHll,  the^  CokniMi 
will  make  their  Appeal  to  HIM,  wheiis  higher  IMm 
the  ^igheA  or  fupremeft,  on  the  Earth  i  whp. «  H« 
aluiajs  judges  rsjghteoufly^  always  ko*th  B^gfteoufneft 
and  batetb  OpprMon  and  all  Manner  of  loiqaiiy  :  And 
they  wUfi^fl  ^ndtrua  in  Hm,asth^aikflJM» 
Slid  Hgbtjtt^  and  fucteidip  I  tor^USftt^  RIGHT 

^HIL  ' 

-  Intbe  mean  while  owy  an  EngUfit  Amenean^  fajf»- 
bly  so  hii  Profeifioo  and  pdblic  futineft,  be  altoWfl«;to 
cali  upon  aU  hii  Amerieau  Brithrtn,  while  wdeavpttiiM 
/•  do  that  Duty  tt  their  qOD  dud  their  ttng, «  wdl 


I 


*i 


of  my  oVsi^ 

jberciet  i  Mf 

Church,  ten- 
1  Brethren  to 
1,  if»Mi  At- 
r,  (hould  mecf 
rith  Che  other 
;  better  for  it, 
I  Sitthi  of  my 
th  more  Com- 
Vee49m  is  rf- 
tabU  Projpta 

wen  fodetrl? 
rgiiM  ng^inR 
fnu  of  VAriou» 
(g  of  Men  1^ 
Aft  be  ftiU  ex- 
ing  AmtricM 
latted,  that  the 
ifpofed  and  rtr 
ghit,  aod^«- 
Diog  fo :  /ind, 
kfuStftiHufed, 
I,  the  OhtiiMt 
uki^ber  mm 
\\  whio,  u  He 
^*  t{igbuoufiufs 
ImqMlif :  And 

m  BRIGHT 

fmericaih  ruiiip 
I,  be  aUow«4co 
leeodeavoun^l 
kr  tingt  Mien 
•I 


W 


[    35    ] 

pi  tbmfihtt  mid  tMr  Omitn,  m  all  RefpeAi  aod  fa? 
ftiDcci,  /«  ^«7  cnUlMUly  MdmiO  buwibfy  Mdtmm^ 
ly  to  the  gracious  Partnt  and  fUritvs  iprd  ^  thi  Uwiz 
wrfi  I 

0  Tb9u  mod  Jitfrmt  Icvtr  und  ttirn*!  Dht  §f 
JRigbtt  andAvtngtr  iffFrongs :  Sbimjortb,  stidsrijtt 
imd/tir  tip  ibyStringtb^Md  ecmi  (^/ave  m :  MtmUdm 
fwrCmife  ugaiua  tbrn^  tbst  would JhdvttBitb  us  :  Takt 
h$U  ofSbnid  and  BnekUr,  and  flaM^for  our  Htip  ; 
fvr  tur  fiilp  Js  in  tboNamo  of/bi  LORDt  *bo  modi 
Hioviu  muk,Eartb :  Wbirtftrt  bilp  us,  O  our  CODk 
andfave  ni;tutording  to  tb^Mtfrey  \  and  Jay  unto  us,  I 
am  thy  Saltation :  For  we  trtfjft  in  tby  Pvwr  an4 
Mtrey  tbiopgb  tbttufy  Mtdiat9r,owr  SirengtbandRt' 
^umr  :   To  mlmu  bo  Qkry  tbroiigbouf  all  jigtt  i 


F„_i,.„:>j  ,1  s. 


'*»-.., 


,  -S'.^'?r"-'"'S-'-:--^?ji 


f 


~^' 


y 


^mmmm 


